Rabbi Arthur Waskow
…sons to a foreign woman, Tamar. His son dies, with no children. In accordance with the law, Judah marries her to his second son. But he too dies, leaving no…
Ruth: the Torah of Transgressive Transformation
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Slaves of the Lord
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…piano to check inside for leaven, writhing with worry over any stray crumbs. During the preparations for Passover, the epitome of rigorous cleaning, Tamar’s feelings of impurity intensify, bringing the…
In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist
Yona Zeldis McDonough
…I was then. Someone recently asked if I considered myself anything like the main female character, Tamar, a twenty-something seeker who rides a Vespa and is a beauty besides. I…
Tetiev, My Dad, and Cyberspace
by Gail Todd
…piece of cheesecake, to the standard-issue dad who had taken the IRT subway to work every morning and trudged home again at day’s end. My daughter Tamar, then majoring in…
Holocaust Survivor Helena Weinrauch on Trauma and the Joy of Dancing
Eleanor J. Bader
…five hours a week doing the Fox Trot, Merengue, Samba and Tango. “When I dance I forget everything that bothers me,” she told Lilith reporter Eleanor J. Bader. “My fear…
The Last Survivor
Barbara Krasner
…control. Everyone now stood in the apartment foyer. In an instant, Branka was brought back to the first time she saw the apartment. A white and gray fox terrier raced…
“Better Things:” Your Jewish and Frankly Feminist Review
Sharrona Pearl
…like a raucous karaoke car ride, the poignant sadness of the great joys of life. At the center of this life is Sam Fox, a well-known character and voice actor…
How Animals Teach Us
Karen B. Winnick
…around. Piper, a blind red fox, visits schools and shows students how energetic and well adjusted a blind fox can be. Kuma, a Brazilian ocelot, lost her leg when her…
Zhid
fiction by Yona Zeldis Mcdonough
…his hands to the back of his neck. “That’s two stoles, both beaver,” Mrs. Popovitch said. “Another of silver fox—” “So many Anna!” murmured her friend. “What will you do…
Gut Morgen, Rifka Leibowitz
Sheila Solomon Shotwell
…She has no legs and she’s wearing a fur stole with fox heads. According to my mother, Rifka always treated her kindly. Unlike all my father’s relatives who could only…