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...Appropriately, "Dirty Stories" volume three ends with some original Tijuana Bible stories. While their appearance brings the modern works into a historical context, it's remarkable how "Abie the Agent," a story about a Jewish jeweler and his two-timing wife, trumps all the other work for outrageousness. Likewise "Hall Room Boys at the Masked Ball," includes the only depiction of gay male sex in the entire book. Apparently some things are still too controversial for even the most "open-minded" creators, editors and readers. Even so, the playful, sexy and exiting filth of "Dirty Stories" will leave most readers...
...Tovah A. Day ’02 and Moshe Y. Spinowitz, ’02 teaching Hebrew school together during freshman year became more than a way to reach out to the Jewish community. They began dating at the beginning of sophomore year when Spinowitz surprised Day with tickets to hear Itzhak Perlman and the Boston Symphony play Tchaikovksy’s Violin Concerto...
...jotting down story ideas, and I came up with Chinese-American becomes Jewish,” Jen says. “And I said, ‘Oy!, can’t write about that!’ Then I realized I liked the way it made me laugh. I asked myself, why is that so funny? It led to many discoveries...
...House (the absence of a pool made it more interesting than it sounds). On a date, an applied math concentrator proudly informed me that he was “pre-money.” Neil Rudenstine ate me twice—in a comic strip. I became the second Jewish member of the Filipino Dance Troupe. I took part in a voodoo ritual on the middle of the football field. Once I even enrolled...
...success of My Old Man and the Sea brought Hays a new career in writing. In 2001 he published his second book, Today I am a Boy, detailing the renewal of his Jewish faith when he studied for his bar-mitzvah...