#drive around newton and brookline with a stack of lost pet flyers looking for cats and dogs because those people will PAY
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sorry for your loss, quing
The Last Jew in Vinnitsa died in his bed after a brief illness, precisely eighty three years after the one in the picture—4,500 miles away from his ghetto, surrounded by children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. One of these days, he will die for the very last time, and I will be there to say my final Mourner's Kaddish, and my last remaining connection to Judaism will pass with him.
#he taught me everything i know about the immigrant hustle. wake up at 5. dig for worms. catch fish & put them in the bathtub#drive around newton and brookline with a stack of lost pet flyers looking for cats and dogs because those people will PAY#call up friends and family and try to sell them the fish#in the 90s his son got into construction during perestroika and amassed a shitload of privatization vouchers and became an oligarch#but the grind never stopped. as the old joke goes—this watch? i love this watch. my grandfathah on his deathbed sold me this watch#anyway his grandkids flew in on saturday with EXTREMELY good drugs but. hustle a credulous american out of $ in his name#anonymous#assbox#hugh selwyn mauberly voice my true jerusalem was the yerusalimka quarter
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