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Etgar Keret Reads “Mitzvah”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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You're Out of Luck, Loser

Yogev and a friend are walking through the streets of Tel Aviv. A bold guy with a big black yamulka stops them to ask for prayers. Yogeve: Are you for real? You don't have to be religious, he insists. Do it for your fellow man. He smells like aeroplane food.

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