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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 6:25 p.m. Torah: Deut. 32:1-52 Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 Havdalah: 7:21 p.m. ‘Deep in the Heart of Texas.” “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O).” “Rock Around the Clock.” “Hard Day’s Night.” “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”  “La Bamba.” “I Will Always Love You.” “Livin La Vida Loca.” “I’ll Be There for You (Theme […]

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It was Friday of Labor Day weekend, and traffic was weirdly light as I sped through Providence, R.I., en route to Martha’s Vineyard. Cars were scarce as I approached the Cape Cod Canal; from there it was just me and pine forests all the way to Woods Hole. About a decade ago, September and October […]

Philip Roth has apparently discovered the Internet. In an open letter posted on The New Yorker website, the novelist explained that he recently visited the Wikipedia page dedicated to his novel The Human Stain, finding it factually incorrect. “I am Philip Roth,” he writes. “I had reason recently to read for the first time the […]

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