Aleah Sterman Goldin

Aleah Sterman Goldin is currently pursuing a creative writing degree at the University of Richmond as a Boatwright Scholar. She is the recipient of the National Council of Teacher of English Achievement Award in Writing, M.R. Robinson/National Constitution Center Civic Writing Award, and national Scholastic Art & Writing Silver Portfolio Award. In 2003, she was included in the National Storytelling Youth Hall of Fame.

Jaime Perlmuth

Faith and Practice

Chevra Kaddisha: The Jewish Burial Society

They call me at 8:54 a.m.

“Yes, it would be an honor. Be there in twenty.” I hang up, wring my hands together twice, pull back my hair. I’ve only seen a dead body once before. It was fresh, recently deceased.

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