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Identity Not in Crisis

June 16, 2010
By Ruchy Fiedler
Identity Not in Crisis

This weekend I read a book called Fiedler on the Roof, a collection of essays about literature and Jewish identity by Leslie Fiedler. I received this book from a cyber-friend who, unaware that…


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The Mark of Cain

May 24, 2010
By Ruchy Fiedler
The Mark of Cain

I.

his hands were speckled in cheerful red polka dots
and Cain thought (just as he reached the end
of his psychonautical journey)
that he’d…


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My Daughter’s Place

May 5, 2010
By Ruchy Fiedler
My Daughter’s Place

I come

to my daughter’s place

invitation in my purse

among my to-do lists, my half-read book,

my nibbled-on snack, my nearly-gone drink.

A Jewish tradition

A superstition

inviting the dead to…


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Bringing Up a Hasidic Generation

April 23, 2010
By Ruchy Fiedler
Bringing Up a Hasidic Generation

BOOK REVIEW: Unlike most books, which I approach with an objective eye and mind, books about Hasidim instinctively arouse my jaundiced cynicism. My cynicism is justified: nearly every article or book or film about Hasidim gets it wrong. Most of these works are informed by presuppositions and stereotypes, and tend to overuse/misuse kitschy “Jewish”...
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Cleave: Love and Prayer

April 20, 2010
By Ruchy Fiedler
Cleave: Love and Prayer

in zebra patterned bodysuits

the dancers slither apart

shimmy in circles,

in odd jumpy steps

across the yawning space

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Pans in Rage

April 12, 2010
By Ruchy Fiedler
Pans in Rage

Where is the film
of the woman banging pans in rage
because her husband is late and the kids are fighting
or the man smiling because he caught the train
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