The Adventures of Mollie
Or: What Happens in the Reich House when Big Sister has something important to take care of and Big Brother-In-Law has something important to take of I was a bit surprised to see my sister Rini sitting...
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Miss Ida is our beloved teacher. Her brown hair is piled softly on her head. Her dress is of course old and worn, and she must not be very young, but to us, she is beautiful. She is not religious, but...
View ArticleThese I Shall Remember
By Rayzel Reich, as told by her grandfather, Mr. Efraim Reich It was Moishele, and Itche, and me. We did everything together. We even made our own language, which only we understood. In shul they...
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“…will the kid say, ‘Oh, I’m walking into the strange house, just like Goldilocks?! Maybe the kid will think..” Apparently I had walked into a family discussion of the pros and cons of reading fairy...
View ArticleFlaming Glory
As told to Rayzel Reich by Efraim Reich It is not right, that a son should shave a father. I hold the shaver carefully, very carefully. I am terrified of making a wrong move. Father holds very still. I...
View ArticleWrapped
I didn’t need that much garlic. After all… how much garlic, exactly, could I put into the chicken without overdoing it? But something made me leave the white, rounded head on the counter after cracking...
View ArticleI Will Hold Your Empty Hand
We had just moved to Boro Park, fresh from the DP camps. The community was new and small, but we were settling in nicely. I knew how fortunate I was to have almost my whole family survive; most had so...
View ArticleIn Your Hands
The sounds and scents of the kitchen are cozy, familiar, but loud in the silence.
View ArticleIt All Comes Out In The Wash
This past Friday it was finally almost official. It was going to happen. Be’ezras Hashem.
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