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.