Category Archives: Personal

Why Don’t You Accept Me?

I think the dominant motif running through my brain over the past 40 years has been, “F*** you, f*** you, f*** you, f*** you, why don’t you accept me? And why don’t you accept my father?” All the while, I … Continue reading

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Message In A Bottle II

My mother died just before I turned four. I’ve often wondered why she didn’t leave me a note to read upon turning 18 or upon getting married or upon some momentous occasion in my life. If she had written something … Continue reading

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Message in a Bottle

I met Sony exec Jane* at Adat Shalom on a Friday night in the Spring of 1999. Afterward, our Traveling Shabbat singles group arrived at some apartment where I got to talk to her more. She was a smart brunette, … Continue reading

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People Only Try To Set Me Up With Age-Appropriate Women

By age appropriate, I mean 45 years and older. A friend: Yeah, and isn’t that depressing? “Stop looking at that tasty fresh peach over there and take a bit out of this old moldy one the dog was sitting on.”

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Rebel Without A Shul

A friend messages: I downloaded a sample of your memoir on my iPhone. Fifteen different forwards. Is Cathy Seipp writing a new one for the ebook edition? You should ask Dennis Prager. I think it would read something like this … Continue reading

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