Gay and Jewish
By Rossi, AKA Chef Rossi When we were toddlers, my mother taught my sister, brother and me a prayer to say every night before we went to sleep. It was modeled after the Pledge of Allegiance: “I pledge allegiance to the Torah and to the Jewish people. I promise to live a nice Jewish life and […]
Think NYC is Dead? You Don’t Know This City’s Lifeblood
By Leah S. Abrams She is anything but dead, this glorious city of ours. If you think life here is all about the hustle-bustle of tourists cluttering up Times Square with their toddlers of all things and selfie-sticks, the all-night bars and clubs, the overpriced Broadway ticket, you’re missing what is at the core of […]
There’s no place like home
By Jennifer Dean I was seven and a half years old when my parents separated. Separated, not divorced, because of course divorce is the legal end but inevitably there first comes a separation, and in my parents’ case, it was the separation of an ocean. My mother moved me back to her parent’s house in […]