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Rachel Lehmann-Haupt

For a Merry Prankster, A Day-Glo-Free Funeral

It was a fitting night for a Prankster’s wake. Halloween jack-o’-lanterns glowed in the windows of farmhouses draped with American flags; plastic tombstones leered up from the dark lawns. Exactly the way Ken Kesey-if not my Uncle Sandy-would have staged it.

As the mourners poured into the Stewart Murphy Funeral Home in the quiet Read More

Altar Angst? Cyber-Rabbi to the Rescue!

A few weeks ago, my good friend Sarah and I were sitting in her Perry Street apartment, watching rady Bunch reruns on cable. At the commercial breaks, we chatted about her upcoming wedding, everything from the politics of choosing bridesmaids to the minutiae of color schemes to the all-important question that torments so many prospective Read More