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.
Arts and Culture
Israeli Ghost Stories
“I’m having a love affair,” our cousin Motti confides, “with ghosts.”
Arts and Culture
Food, Glorious Food!
My mother had taken the deer roast out of the freezer; my brother Ed was on his way over with some squirrels for my mother to fry up….
Life and Action
Cool Jews!
Angela Himsel points out the disproportionate amount of Jewish intellectuals, and ponders bigotry and assumptions.
Life and Action
Excuse me, Are you…?
Who are we? Like most of us, my friend David has a number of separate worlds which tend not to collide except when there’s a big event, when the inhabitants of his separate orbits are brought together and we see him in a larger context.
Faith and Practice
Come Home
Why should we not expect spirituality, demand it, of our religion? Isn’t that what a religion is supposed to provide?
Life and Action
Nosh, Davin, Kvell or Eat, Pray, Love the West Side Way
Nosh, Davin, Kvell: One Jewish woman’s attempt to Eat healthy, Pray with devotion and learn the delight of Love in everyday experience–A memoir
Life and Action
Of-feh-nsive!
When our fictive reporter discusses conversion with two ultra-orthodox rabbis over pizza, the result is of-feh-nsive!
Faith and Practice
Come In, Take Your Shoes Off: A New Look at Tisha B'Av
Who is it you’re collectively remembering and mourning, each Tisha B’Av? Is it me, or your version of me? And if I’m not truly known, can I be truly mourned?
Life and Action
Rachael and Adam’s Uber-Rad Wedding!
Three flower fairies, a boar, and 92 degree heat–welcome to my sister’s wedding!
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