Monthly Archives: October 2024

Oct. 7 2024 – A Year Later

October 7, 2024 – 9:57 am

1900 Palestine was a province of the Ottoman Empire. The Arab armies liberated the Middle East with the British Army, but the provinces were divided by two English Arab experts. Straight lines drawn in the deserts. Peace ruled the lands, but the West had plans for the Levant. 1937 Nakba when the British defeated the […]

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A Walk On A Bridge

October 6, 2024 – 1:45 am

On a gray November morning in 2016 I woke up in my Fort Greene atelier and looked out my window. Condos along Fulton Avenue blocked my view to the west. Thailand and my family lay on the other side of the world. I hadn’t seen my children for over a year. I missed them more […]

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Pre-Yom Kippur 2024

October 2, 2024 – 10:43 pm

I am not Jewish, despite having been circumcised at birth at Boston Lying-In. The doctors were Yankees. My birth certificate even denotes my having been mutilated in accordance with the Anglo-Saxon upper class beleiving that boys masturbated less without a foreskin. Idiots. We were told that this barbaric custom was for hygiene. Poof! Religious fanatics […]

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Blowing The Shofar

October 2, 2024 – 7:14 am

Ron, a Catholic chauffeur, was bragging to his friend how well the Jewish family who employed him treated him. “You wouldn’t believe it,” he bragged. “I get tips galore, and they always buy me lunch or dinner when I drive. My salary is great, with benefits. I get off all holidays, including the Jewish ones, […]

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ROSH A HOMA by Peter Nolan Smith

October 2, 2024 – 7:14 am

Eight years ago I sat in Frank’s Lounge with Vince. The owner’s nephew and I discussed a teaching position as a creative writer. The offer sounded good and the Fort Greene native said, “Hell, I have a four day weekend thanks to Rush a homa.” “You mean Rosh Hashanah?” My boss from the Diamond District […]

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