Monthly Archives: May 2011
Crumbs
by Janet Ruth Falon (Elkins Park, PA) It was all orchestrated by Mother. Moments before dark on the night before the first seder she scattered breadcrumbs around her linoleum kitchen but not leading anywhere, like Hansel and Gretl’s way home. … Continue reading
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Hawking Sees No Heaven
by Mel Glenn (Brooklyn, NY) Hawking sees no heaven, a fantasy, he calls it, “for people afraid of the dark.” What, no Shangri-La for the children, no safe haven for the doubtful? His pronouncement manifests the force of a prison … Continue reading
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Writing Wharton’s Wrong
by Lev Raphael (Okemos, MI) Singing about marriage, two of Steven Sondheim’s characters in A Little Night Music condemn it for inflicting so much pain: “Every day a little death….every day a little sting.” I felt a bit like like … Continue reading
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Evidence of Light
by Arlyn Miller (Glencoe, IL) Am Shalom sanctuary, early weekday morning I. From the east, the autumn morning light sets the stained glass aglow, aqua and amber bejeweled. Outside, a sparrow casts its flitting shadow against the arched panes of … Continue reading
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Floating Between the Denominations
by Pamela Jay Gottfried (Atlanta, GA) I am no longer surprised when people– upon hearing that I don’t drive or answer the telephone on the Sabbath– ask me if I am Orthodox. The labels of denominations, and the assumptions about … Continue reading
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