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<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nBut there’s another side to this very Jewish celebration. Food, of course. Bagels, positively! Northampton has beautiful scenery, artists, writers, outstanding schools, and a terrific Conservative synagogue, but bagels? Not so much. Today I bought 39 (baker’s dozen) bagels to take with me on the plane. When I picked up the order, I was totally taken aback. They were huge bags, and very heavy. In the parking lot, Doris and I opened my suitcase and began shifting aside the unimportant items, such as clothing, to make room for the circular delicacies. We pushed and we shoved, we lifted and pressed, and we finally managed to accommodate all 39 plain, sesame, poppy and everything bagels without crushing them.<\/p>\n
This, too, is what it means to be Jewish.<\/p>\n
Ella, Zoe and I are on our way to the airport to pick up Bubbe and three dozen bagels.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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