Angela Himsel
Angela’s award-winning weekly column, “Angetevka,” just celebrated its one-year anniversary at ZEEK. Her writing, both fiction and non-fiction, has also appeared in the New York Times, the Forward, the Jewish Week, Lilith, the Partisan Review, BOMB and elsewhere. She holds a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Indiana University and a master of fine arts from City College. Angela lives in New York City with her husband, three kids and two dogs.
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Faith Floats: Collecting Noah's Ark
A meditation on Noah’s ark collectibles leads Angela to ask: What if Noah’s Ark is found? Would faith float back to the surface?
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Like Honey and Milk Under Your Tongue
If sukkot is a gift of fruit, and pesach the sacrifice of lamb, what is shavuot?
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What’s Right About Lice
“Look, there’s a live one!” Jacqui pointed at a bug on Sophia’s forehead. It was hard to see what was right about these lice.
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Obama's Seder: Stay for a While
President Obama’s seder reminds me of what makes our rehash of history so special.
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Jew Jaws
The silence is profound. I look around the table at the other nine people and I wonder if they feel it, too.
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Untranslateable
What mevushal wine, teviled whisks and b’dikah have to do with evangelical prayer cloths and old cars.
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Avatar Meets Garden of Eden
Is Avatar just another Lion King? Or, even worse, a manipulative mythic replay of the Garden of Eden?
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