Elaine Freed Lindenblatt – Author
Excelsior Editions
Price: $19.95
Paperback – 278 pages
Release Date: December 2014
ISBN10: N/A
ISBN13: 978-1-4384-5368-2

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“It was about 60 years ago, and I was hitching from Brooklyn to Monticello in search of a summer job at one of the hotels.

Although I was only 17 years old, I was tall and looked older and considered myself a man of the world. Looking back, it was actually a case of juvenile ignorance and bravado… Anyway, I ended up at the Red Apple Rest.

Since I had spent all my money on breakfast at a diner that morning, I merely sat on one of the benches and watched people coming and going with their food. Then I felt a tap on my shoulder. “Want something to eat?” a man said, and before I could say anything, he handed me two dollars. I remember to this day sitting there in total surprise, looking at the money he had stuffed into my hand.

“Gay essen” — go eat, he said, and walked away. When I went to the counter to buy a hot dog I asked who that man was, and I was told, “THAT’S the owner.”

“You know, I’ll be 75 in November, and I still remember that man, who was kind to me that day.” — Stephen Flatow (“Stop at the Red Apple,” Jewish Standard, 9/12/14)