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"Jump," the old woman called out. "Jump into the water, meydele." Meydele. The old woman, the mikveh attendant, had mistaken her for a young girl.
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Shira sat between Ben and Liz, her damp hands clutching both Ben's and Liz's as the lights went down.
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It was a Brooklyn crime. You know, half-baked, second best; the kind you might just forget, or worse, never even hear about.
33m read
"Here I go again, my love, saying that you haven't changed. Not one little bit.
11m read Translated from Hebrew by the author with input from Mary Vaadia and Valerie Arnon
Aaron stood at Gemma's bedroom door, listening to her giggle. He couldn't remember the last time he'd heard his daughter laugh.
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Ever since Opa came to live with us his room has been out of bounds. I am afraid of him and avoid being in his presence by myself at all costs.
24m read Translated from Hebrew by Binyamin Shalom
I admit it - I'm a junkie! If I don't get my fix in the morning, I feel sick all day, and tormented by bitter feelings.
10m read Translated from Hebrew by Yaron Regev
Last summer, my mother, who had struggled to keep her grasp on the present for what seemed my entire adult life
27m read
A trade school opened in town a year ago. Since it was hard for young Jewish men to get into the Russian gymnasiums...
15m read Translated from Yiddish by Shirley Kumove
