Author’s note: Many thanks to Rab­bi Shmu­lik and Tzivie Green­berg’s 2019 Medi­um arti­cle, New York Times of Jan­u­ary 1, 2100,” for bring­ing renewed atten­tion to this story.

Kyra Lisse is a writer and edi­tor from the Philadel­phia area. Her work has been pub­lished in or is forth­com­ing from Ghost City Review, Sky Island Jour­nal, SWWIM, New Voic­es, and Assay: A Jour­nal of Non­fic­tion Stud­ies, among oth­er places. Kyra cur­rent­ly lives in Lan­cast­er, PA.