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About ‘In first person…’
by Mothers -- and grandmothers -- connect us to our history and our traditions. For our Mother's Day supplement, we received many w, For so many of us, memories of Mom and Bubbe are wrapped up in the comfort they provided, often through food. Many of the articl
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Likewise, Ruth Starkman writes lovingly about her mother's less-than-heavenly "leathery cooked brisket...in a seabed of dried, defatted sauce."
Elaine Marcus Starkman's piano playing, according to her daughter's description, was equally nondescript.
But she had other talents, as a mother, as well as in her writing, a talent she apparently passed on to Ruth.
There's no one way to be a Jewish mother -- or for that matter, a Jewish senior.
--Janet Silver Ghent, senior editor
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