Comments for Scribblers on the Roof http://www.jscribes.com A forum for Jewish fiction and poetry Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:18:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on How to make challah by jackie http://www.jscribes.com/how-to-make-challah/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 jackie Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:18:47 +0000 http://www.jscribes.com/?p=1843#comment-1049 the best ever the best ever

]]> Comment on How to make challah by Rachel Barenblat http://www.jscribes.com/how-to-make-challah/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Rachel Barenblat Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.jscribes.com/?p=1843#comment-1041 Gorgeous. I love "remember that you are proof," how making a well in the flour becomes a metaphor for so much more, the lines about removing a bit of dough to remember loss, and oh, oh, that last stanza! Gorgeous. I love “remember that you are proof,” how making a well in the flour becomes a metaphor for so much more, the lines about removing a bit of dough to remember loss, and oh, oh, that last stanza!

]]> Comment on Instead of Sons (Vayechi) by che eliyahu http://www.jscribes.com/instead-of-sons-vayechi/comment-page-1/#comment-1037 che eliyahu Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:18:02 +0000 http://www.jscribes.com/?p=1065#comment-1037 i've found the b'nei menashe epic journey through china and burma fascinating, considering their struggle for israeli absorption, as well as their kin in india, bene ephraim, who share a similar plight in exiled poverty. considering the burgeoning j.o.c. movement stateside, the subject of b'nei asenath's multi-cultural background is timely: an artistic theme i'd like to see east asian jews tackle further. i’ve found the b’nei menashe epic journey through china and burma fascinating, considering their struggle for israeli absorption, as well as their kin in india, bene ephraim, who share a similar plight in exiled poverty.

considering the burgeoning j.o.c. movement stateside, the subject of b’nei asenath’s multi-cultural background is timely: an artistic theme i’d like to see east asian jews tackle further.

]]> Comment on How a Synagogue Board is Like a Sukkah and other poems by Lois Barr http://www.jscribes.com/how-a-synagogue-board-is-like-a-sukkah-and-other-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-824 Lois Barr Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:14:49 +0000 http://www.jscribes.com/?p=1783#comment-824 Your poem Refuah is buoyant and earthbound at the same time. Lois Your poem Refuah is buoyant and earthbound at the same time.
Lois

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