GREAT READS Issue 1004 · March 20, 2024

The NCS

"Why do you need to wait for a comeback to look great? Who says you need to do what everyone’s doing? If side bangs work for you, go with it”

The NCS

Ihave no idea how my middle name made it onto my sheitelmacher’s ticket. Seriously. If there’s one secret I’ve been guarding for the past 45 years of my life, it’s the name Kreincha. And now, someone had scribbled “Rivka Kreincha Weinberg” on the ticket that rested on my sheitel box.

Actually, I had a pretty good idea whodunit. There was only one suspect: my friend Altee Baum, who’d sweetly offered to drop the box off for me.

The salon was a zoo. At least 25 women were crammed into Huvi’s tiny basement, trying on wigs. I sidled away from the incriminating sheitel box, and, out in the privacy of the hallway, I dialed.

“Altee,” I hissed. “Kreincha? What is up with you?”

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