ArticleContributorColumn

Could, would Artie even consider a relationship with a girl who, when you got down to it, was not religious at all?

Dini had never seen her husband startle before. He jumped so fast, his kippah nearly slid off his head

Abie,” she said, her voice softening, “Malka is my baby, too. She’s been my baby since she was six years old”

And as she watched her children — no, her young men — she came to a decision. There was something she had to do. And it had to be done soon

“Because obviously I’m totally incapable of doing any serious job on my own,” she muttered

“Listen, when the doctor comes, I want you to call me. I want to speak to him or her. Okay, Ma? Don’t forget”