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The little kids from Lake House Music are rocking it out on the north end of the Asbury Park Boardwalk, but I shall digress from my reverie to bring you…
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Jessica de Koninck
Spear through the Heart
Thoughts While Driving
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Lawrence Bush
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ABBY
Yesterday I received a shocking email saying my oldest friend, my first friend from when we were babies, my first friend ever died last night. Her name…
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Esther Cohen
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"If the Lord Almighty Tells Me To"
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Lawrence Bush
3
Fireworks
Tonight, the Asbury Park boardwalk is packed with people clamoring for an unobstructed view of the fireworks. The beach has been cleared and closed…
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Jessica de Koninck
3
On the Death of Donald Trump
An Unconfirmed News Item
4

June 2024

Getting Rid of (Gasp!) Books
Breaking a Lifelong Taboo
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Lawrence Bush
8
Facing Forward
Sandra Butler
15
COVID, Doctors,
and Atul Gawande
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Esther Cohen
7
A Word from Our Sponsor
Dear Alte Friends—
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Lawrence Bush
2
Another Day at the Beach
Summer has returned to the Jersey Shore, and I am happy to sit at my desk, look out the window and watch people walk to the beach with chairs, carts…
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Jessica de Koninck
3
When Bubbe and Zayde Divorce
by Marsha Rosenzweig Pincus
5
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