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March 23, 2015

For much of the Broadway musical “>“Purpose” after getting his “>“Spring Break Forever.”

With my job at a Jewish non-profit not starting until next month, I’m looking at several weeks with no responsibility, no job and basically, nothing to do.

For some strange reason, all the grown-ups I’ve complained about this to are declining to give me any sympathy. I’m told to enjoy it while it lasts, among a large number of other coming-of-age clichés that bring Dr. Seuss’ classic Oh the Places You’ll Go to mind.

Perhaps the world’s very first adversary of Spring Break, I’m finding it difficult to sit still and not work on something productive (but I can tell you the entire plot of the pilot season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — two thumbs up!).

What a time it is to be a recent college graduate: I’m missing out on so many important Jewish-collegiate developments. “>Swathmore Hillel changed its nametag,

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