The kid already made hamantaschen. Being part of this Jewish cooking tradition is making me remember my maternal grandmother, Edith Goodman. When I was young she lived in an apartment building in Southfield Michigan with my Grandpa Sam. 
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Edith use to play cards with her two lady friends in that apartment building. Goldie Adler and Evelyn Plesko. The game was called “spite and malice”. She taught me when I slept over. They played for money. Saved it so they could all go out to dinner together.
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Goldie was the widow of the rabbi who was shot by a “troubled youth” as my mom put it. She always had a jar of dill pickles at the ready in her apartment upstairs. Evelyn taught music at the synagogue. She wore lots of jewelry and smelled nice. Their memories are a blessing.
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