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Uncle Moishe called the other day to wish me a happy Thanksgivnukkah. We talked family and commiserated over the season the NY Giants were having, oy. Unc told me that he was recently walking in Pelham Bay Park with his good friend and pinochle partner Sol Arnstein on a pleasant fall afternoon. Solly confided in Unc that he recently had…

Uncle Moishe told me the last time we talked on the phone that he was playing some canasta in the Shul’s social hall with his childhood friend, Murray Brodsky. They both went to P.S. 50 in the Bronx and had remained in the same neighborhood all these years. Anyway, Murray tells Unc that his wife, Sarah, was working part time…

Uncle Moishe was talking to his brother Bennie, who’s son Hymie owns a supermarket in Brooklyn. Bennie told Unc a story about a young fellow named Nathan that was hired to work in the produce department. One day a customer asked Nathan where he could find half a head of lettuce. Nathan told the customer that they only sold whole…