GREAT READS Issue 654 · March 29, 2017

Over and Out

Cleaning out the closet? What about those things we wish society would get rid of? Nine writers share the things they wish they could toss.

Over    and    Out

CAN’T WE JUST GET RID OF… We’re going through our closets trashing expired medication giving away those skirts we’ll never wear again. What about those things we wish society would get rid of? Nine writers share the things they wish they could toss…

Shidduch Résumés
Esther Kurtz

My kids are not in shidduchim so I shouldn’t have a voice. But my brother was in shidduchim recently — he married in August — and I helped my mother sift through the suggestions.

I’m good at that — comparison shopping. If you ever need to figure out which product to choose between two or many I’m your girl. I line them up makes lists of qualities weigh pros versus cons consider what you need and why along with your budget and then make a decision. Pragmatic and rational that’s me.

So this shidduch-résumé business is right up my logical alley… but people are not computers or treadmills; they’re only slightly more nuanced. Résumés are dehumanizing and if you really think about it quite counterintuitive.

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