If Shirley Jackson had been a Jewish garment factory manager, she might have written a book much like Leonard S. Bernstein’s terse short story collection Death by Pastrami. In 2014, this was a first book of fiction for Bernstein, an octogenarian retired owner of a garment factory himself. Taking a broad view of the mostly […]

In ancient times, superstition, like sorcery or witchcraft, reeked of paganism, and as such it was a big no-no for the Jews. But since Jews are human, we couldn’t let this funky customs slip by. Take spitting, for example. Some of it is sanctioned. Some of it is just bizarre. For years, Jews have taken to […]