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A Lucky Man

December 13, 2023 – 12:23 pm

I was at the Korean Bodega the other day and the counter person wished my two wives and family well. The Hassidim behind me said,”I have one wife, ten children, and over one hundred grandchildren.” “Then one wife is enough ” Oi vey ist mir.

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Glatt Thanksgiving

November 23, 2023 – 2:02 am

The Brownist English Dissenters fled their homeland in the 16th and 17th Century to escape religious persecution by the Church of England, which worsened with the return of the Catholic Stuarts’ return to the throne. Leyden in Holland welcomed the refugees, but the Puritans led a precarious economic existence in the Netherlands, whose people were […]

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KOSHER PIG by Peter Nolan Smith

September 25, 2023 – 1:58 am

Ten years ago business in the Diamond District was almost non-existent during the high holidays of Rosh Shananah and Yom Kippur. The Hassidim disappeared to the various shetls scattered around New York and tourists entered our diamond exchange to gawk at the diamonds and jewelry. At least twice a day out-of-towners asked in complete seriousness, […]

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THE WRITING OF HISTORY by Peter Nolan Smith

May 11, 2021 – 11:58 am

The dead never come back to life and I know that since I’ve almost died on several occasions from motorcycle accidents, beatings, and chemical misjudgments, although none of these near-fatal incidents must not have been too serious, because my soul was never enveloped by the tunnel of light. When I returned to the USA from […]

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No More Mr. Nice Guy

May 20, 2014 – 11:56 am

The short-time bars of Soi 6 and go-go bars of Walking Street are not the only tourist attractions of Pattaya. Farangs and Thais travel down from Bangkok to lounge on the beach, dine at the thousands of restaurants, shop at street markets, and take in the sights. Several years ago Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks promoted its […]

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