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Dec 20, 2010

Tablet: "most un-Jewish time of year"

 


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December 20, 2010
 
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Maxine, my 5-year-old, was home sick last week, dripping snot and hacking like a two-pack-a-day smoker in Boca. I drugged her up, plunked her down on the couch, wrapped her in a blanket, and put on Nick Jr. (Don't judge.) As I sat with my laptop in the next room, I could hear an endless succession of ho-ho-hos and jingling bells. Dora's ice-pick voice stabbed my brain: Swiper! Give that present back to Santa, por favor! More
When the writer and performer Janice Erlbaum volunteered to work Christmas Eve at a shelter for homeless teens, the girls confronted her with a hard question: "Why are you here?" More
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