Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction From the Margins of History
“Their families are waiting for them, but they have not yet left. Levi and Julius are still fighting at the dinner table over obscure theological points. My brothers always argued, though they were grown men already when I was still a girl, grown men already when we fled Hungary for Ohio.
The Sabbath is meant to be ushered in as a peaceful bride, but our Friday night meals were often contentious. Papa and my brothers always returned from synagogue arguing some Talmudic point or another. Julius w...as by far the most devoted scholar of the three, but Levi was too stubborn ever to acknowledge he was in the wrong. Their walk home took some time, due to Julius’s shortened leg, and we could hear their arguments from some blocks down the otherwise quiet street. They would grow silent when Mama lit the candles, and through the other blessings, then erupt into discord again as the meal was served. Even after Levi married and moved three blocks away, this was ever the pattern, only his children would wail when his voice rose, and his wife, Hava, cowered at the far end of our expanded table.MoreLess
The Sabbath is meant to be ushered in as a peaceful bride, but our Friday night meals were often contentious. Papa and my brothers always returned from synagogue arguing some Talmudic point or another. Julius w...as by far the most devoted scholar of the three, but Levi was too stubborn ever to acknowledge he was in the wrong. Their walk home took some time, due to Julius’s shortened leg, and we could hear their arguments from some blocks down the otherwise quiet street. They would grow silent when Mama lit the candles, and through the other blessings, then erupt into discord again as the meal was served. Even after Levi married and moved three blocks away, this was ever the pattern, only his children would wail when his voice rose, and his wife, Hava, cowered at the far end of our expanded table.MoreLess
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