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“THAT CERTAIN PLACE”
“THAT CERTAIN PLACE” Jake Haberfeld, Jerusalem~ 1983 Most Americans, particularly of the male gender, like to think of themselves as stand-up guys without a need to revert to nuances and/or euphemisms. There is nothing wrong with nuances and euphemisms, but there is also a virtue in calling things by their proper names. For reasons…
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Thanksgiving 2010
The title to this essay has underlining under the date of 2010. This is to distinguish it from an essay that was written here four years ago called “Thanksgiving 2006.” Since that essay of four years ago was written, there have been some encouraging developments. The players in this essay are Jenny M and her…
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NOVEMBER 8, 2010
When my wife and I went to the basement this morning to begin our exercise routine for the week, Miss Chicka turned over the calendar and announced that it was November 8th. I wrestled with that thought about why this date seemed significant. Quite soon I came to realize that on November 8, 1945, I…
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THE ONE-HOLER JUBILEE
In the summer of 1969, I was working as a lobbyist for the AT&T Corporation in Washington. Ordinarily such work is limited to three years and I had been there on the order of three and a half years. So I was not surprised when the instructions from New York were that I should return…
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ON LANGUAGE: DON’T TOUCH MY JUNK
I hope that it is apparent to all that language is an important part of the human condition. We use it to reason with one another and we use it to praise each other. We use language to denounce each other as evidenced by the recent political campaigns. We use language to persuade each other. …
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HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! Volume IV
Volume IV There are four exclamations that will wrap up the story on He, She, They Said That?! They come from widely varied sources. The first one is about a preacher in New Providence, New Jersey and the owner of a filling station/garage across the street. My recollection is that in 1956, there…
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BAMBI AND THE SEASON OF THE RUT
In the 13 years that Ezra’s Essays have appeared in print, the editor has manfully and cheerfully tackled such third-rail subjects as politics and religion. But in that long period of time, there have been a dearth of essays on the subject of sex. We are going to try to make up for that dearth…