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When Andi answered the phone, Grandmother was mid-sentence in panicked speech. These calls were not new, they had been coming with increasing...
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Nine-year-old Jack stood peering through the screen door of the stifling kitchen, redolent with the aroma of gefilte fish simmering on the stove — fish that had been swimming in the bathtub until that day...
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On Saturday night in the George Washington High School gymnasium, the local Jewish Senior Center holds its summer dance...
He was a nice man, and older than forty. He was average height, well built...
15m read Translated from Yiddish by Jessica Kirzane
Rosen blamed the keening of gulls, the gentle crash of surf on Positano's pebble beach, and the cries of the Italian children at play...
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Of course, it was entirely my fault. I should have known what was likely to happen...
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What can lead to a divorce? I don’t know about other countries, but in Israel – a bus ride. At least in the case of Gimel...
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“What a pleasant surprise!” Ditsa and Yoss exclaim when they open the door and engulf Yona with hugs and kisses before she has time to decide whether this is just a routine welcome...
40m read Translated from Hebrew by the Author
Before his illness, Abram fashioned flutes of precious metals: silver, gold and platinum...
Akiva Cedar, on the cusp of turning eighteen, had long been immune to pre-match jitters. He sat by himself limbering...
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A stranger was sitting there, in a long white gown tied with a rope around the waist. Over it, he wore a long robe woven with stripes...
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At the end of May, I saw Schönbrunn Palace, including the room where Napoleon slept…
19m read Translated from Ukrainian by Alex Gordon
