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My conversion to Judaism in 1977 began while having lunch with my girlfriend at the original Purity Diner on Seventh Avenue and Union Street.A few guys came into the diner who knew her and said hello. She introduced me to them, and one asked if I liked to play basketball. I said very much, and he said we have a [...]
I’ve always had had a complicated relationship with Christmas. I think my discomfort goes back to my earliest years and the collision between the sacred and the profane. Growing up Roman Catholic, Christmas was a deeply religious time of frequent church attendance and Christian iconography. But my family life and the larger world during the holidays were also immersed in [...]
