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MARTY MORANTZ: DISPELLING “RAINMAN”

Just to get this out of the way, I loved the movie “Rainman”. Dustin Hoffman’s portrayal of “Raymond” was among his best works. In fact, in 1988 he received The Academy Award for Best Actor for his role.  Ironically though, that...

Max Roytenberg: The Junkyard on Jarvis Street

I remember it like it was yesterday. From the depths of the jungle that was the place we inhabited on Jarvis Street, I had managed to find a trowel, a little metal shovel to dig with in the hard ground. There I had dug a good-sized hole. There was a little patch of...

Shelley Faintuch: Remembering the AMIA bombings

Clever perhaps, but moderate? The West, at least a large part of it, was highly enthusiastic about the results of Iran’s recent Presidential elections.  There was 70% turnout at the polls and the moderate, Hassan Rowhani, won handily. However, we in the...