http://www.joeldeutsch.net Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:08:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Epilogue by Joel Deutsch "That Liara is such a precocious little piroshok for 13," Irina always says, usually in Russian, to anyone who'll listen. Piroshok is the singular of piroshki, those fried dumplings with different fillings like ground meat or mashed potatoes inside them. I think she likes to say this mostly ... http://www.joeldeutsch.net/book-of-danny/the-book-of-danny-chapter-44/ ````` by Joel Deutsch What Sasha did want, as it turned out, once he gathered his courage and found the words,, was nothing so radical, nothing so binary, as any of the others had imagined. This much was true: He harbored no inclination whatsoever to be a rabbi, ... http://www.joeldeutsch.net/book-of-danny/book-of-danny-chapter-43/ by Joel Deutsch No, admitted Moti, twirling a lock of curly white beard around his finger. There are different kinds of Yeshivas, including ones where you could pursue a more 'normal' course of study, as you put it. But at this yeshiva you'll study just Torah, Talmud, a lot of ... http://www.joeldeutsch.net/book-of-danny/the-book-of-danny-chapter-42/ by Joel Deutsch Daniel FINISHED OFF THE LAST cold shard of the pizza crust, TOOK another sip of his Corona, and settled back on the couch, . The beginning before the beginning? It looked as if they were in for a long, meandering opening statement, rife with Creationism or at ... http://www.joeldeutsch.net/book-of-danny/the-book-of-danny-chapter-41/ by Joel Deutsch "Of course and why not?" agreed Rebbe Tepper, leaning back in Daniel's big chair, feet planted firmly on the floor, fingers pensively interlaced atop his unwrinkled white shirt and ample, soft-looking girth. "To start from the beginning," said the rebbe in a patient, teacherly tone that reminded ... http://www.joeldeutsch.net/book-of-danny/the-book-of-danny-chapter-40/ by Joel Deutsch As soon as he entered his apartment, Daniel could sense the confrontation in progress, see the adversarial tableau in the positioning of bodies. The rabbi had taken his place in Daniel's big recliner, facing irina and Sasha on the couch like a family patriarch presiding at the ... http://www.joeldeutsch.net/book-of-danny/the-book-of-danny-chapter-39/ By Joel Deutsch Daniel had never seen the inside of a house trailer before. This one, inhabited by Miguel, his wife Nora (which was, it turned out, her name) and the baby boy Carlito was dark as a cave an narrow as a submarine he and Sheila had once toured at ... http://www.joeldeutsch.net/book-of-danny-2/book-of-danny-10-draft-2/ By Joel Deutsch A Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department patrol car swung in off the road, cutting its siren and light bar. What a tableau they must present, thought Daniel. A muscular Mexican dwarf and an earth mother redhead, now holding the .357, which was registered to her, it turned out, ... http://www.joeldeutsch.net/book-of-danny-2/book-of-danny-9-draft-2/ By Joel Deutsch “Good old student deferment,” reminisced Nick with a wry smile. "Guess guys like you got yourselves a pretty good deal." . “Yeah,” said Daniel. "I guess so. That was just before they went to the lottery system." "Which makes sense, man," nodded Nick, solemnly. " you know? Randomness is ... http://www.joeldeutsch.net/book-of-danny-2/book-of-danny-chapter-08-draft-2/ By Joel Deutsch Within weeks after graduation, which ceremony Daniel skipped, he received a notice from the Selective Service system advising that he had been reclassified 1-A. Prime grade cannon fodder for Viet Nam. The only way to get back his student deferment would have been to slide straight into a ... http://www.joeldeutsch.net/book-of-danny-2/book-of-danny-7-draft-2/