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Mar 7Liked by Joyce Wadler

They may be dead to you but you sure are alive to me, Joyce! Mwah!

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has Ravishing Rachel appeared in other columns or am I remembering her from the 2012 Times' first run?

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Mar 3·edited Mar 3Liked by Joyce Wadler

omg this is like "A Walk on the Moon"

gone terribly wrong heeeheee

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Mar 3Liked by Joyce Wadler

Tony soprano, of a later generation then your mother, makes constant reference to the phrase "dead to me"

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One for the ages/

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Mar 3Liked by Joyce Wadler

Brilliant!

As usual.

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Mar 3Liked by Joyce Wadler

Just terrific. Pre-Facebook Jews knew what to do! Cousin "Ravishing" clearly a courveh. I can even relate to your feeling your mother was Emily Post.

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Mar 3Liked by Joyce Wadler

Poor Cousin Marvin! This is so funny, Joyce (as usual). 😂

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Mar 3Liked by Joyce Wadler

The Jews also had a great pre-Facebook unfriending tradition which I always admired for its long-lasting grudge: portraits or photos (usually of relatives) turned to the wall. They didn't just take them down, they showed them off.

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Mar 3Liked by Joyce Wadler

I especially loved the John Wayne line.

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