A Boy's Bar Mitzvah Coat from Bukhara

And life on deck grows quiet. Silence spreads And people, wrapped in coats, look out to sea. And, here and there, a gleam, a glittering. The ship moves quietly. Some fall asleep. The night is…

“Cookalein” is a story from Will Eisner’s graphic novel, A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories. The “cookalein” (or kuchalein, “cook for yourself”) was a popular and affordable type of…

Bread, bread. The abundance of it dazzles your eyes. In the windows, on the stalls, in hands, in baskets. I won’t be able to hold out if I can’t grab a bite or bread-stuff. “Grab? You don’t look…