The Jew Store

253 Pages·2001·1.11 MB·English

by  Stella Suberman

THE JEW STORE
STELLA SUBERMAN
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
FOR JACK
AND
FOR RICK
FOR A REAL BARGAIN,
WHILE YOU’RE MAKING A LIVING,
YOU SHOULD MAKE ALSO A LIFE.
—AARON BRONSON
CONTENTS
Prologue
1 THE DESTINATION
2 AVRAM PLOTCHNIKOFF’S NEW NAME
3 A NICE JEWISH GIRL
4 FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
5 GOD’S (SO TO SPEAK) COUNTRY
6 MISS BROOKIE’S COUSIN TOM
7 XENOPHOBIA
8 MY FATHER’S FANCY FOOTWORK
9 BRONSON’S LOW-PRICED STORE
10 GREEN EYESHADES
11 NO PICNIC
12 OPENING DAY
13 IN CHRIST’S NAME, AMEN
14 A GLEAM IN MY MOTHER’S EYE
15 TWO SOCIAL CALLS
16 A HOUSE AND NEIGHBORS
17 MY MOTHER’S DILEMMA
18 SETH’S NEW JOB
19 NEW YORK AUNTS
20 THE BAR MITZVAH QUESTION
21 GENTILES
22 JOEY’S HOMECOMING
23 MIRIAM’S ROMANCE
24 AUNT HANNAH’S WEDDING
25 CONCORDIA’S SAVIOR
26 MIRIAM’S RESCUE
27 PUSH COMES TO SHOVE
A Reader's Guide, including An Interview with Stella Suberman and
Reading Group Questions
About the Author
I wish to express deepest gratitude to that most expert of guides, Louis D.
Rubin, Jr., who helped me find my way back to Concordia.