'Uncle Shloimeh' or Solomon was my mother's uncle through the marriage of my Great Aunt Malke's sister Miriam. He lived with us and like his wife Miriam and her sister Malke was extremely religious, attending synagogue throughout the day and maintaining a strictly kosher diet. A quiet, studious man, he could always be found behind his Forverts (Jewish Daily Forward newspaper) smoking a very odiferous cigar...