MERRI UKRAINCIK

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      • On Reading Books and Reading Boys
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    • 2012
      • The Winning Ticket
      • Keeping an Eye on the Storm
      • Everything Is Shrinking
      • Rounding Up
      • A Driving Lesson
      • Clearing House and Mind
      • If You Give a Girl a Checklist
      • Ice Cream for Dinner
      • A Band of Brothers
      • The End of a Ritual
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Lessons from Sarajevo’s Jewish Refugees  March 2017
What Keeps Me Warm   August 2016
Hiding Out on Purim   March 2016
Let the Light In   December 2015
A Vaccine Against Anti-Semitism  May 2015
My Grandfather’s Transistor Radio Became a Lifeline During Hurricane Sandy      October 2013
The Wall Between Us   January 2013

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About Me

I’m a writer – essayist, blogger, freelancer, and
the Close to Home columnist at the New Jersey Jewish News. Thanks for joining me here, where I share my quirky yet kosher thoughts on life and the world, from the sacred to the everyday.
Drop me a note at: merriukraincikblog@gmail.com

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