The Shameless Shiksa
September, 1969
The Shiksa is very psychological, I notice. I am cutting off the carrot tops in the back of the store, but I see she has come in and is talking to my father. My mother does not like the shiksa and always goes out front and acts busy when she comes in. The shiksa is the prettiest customer, I think, and she is wearing today one of those little hats like in the movie Bonnie and Clyde and my father is saying to her, "Hah. A yarmulke you're wearing. You think you can sneak in with that?"And...
