Book of Life Podcasts
Jewish poetry
Triptych: Jerusalem Affair
Karen Paul-Stern lives in Takoma Park, MD. Her work has appeared in Lilith Magazine, the Washington Post, Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine and Washington Jewish Week.
Sufganiyot
This is Rachel’s second contribution to Scribblers. Sufganiyot first appeared in Zeek Magazine.
One Small Candle
Karen Alkalay-Gut has lit 4800 candles (not including the shamash) and published over 20 books of poetry. She lives in Tel Aviv.
Apologia
Sue Swartz explores Torah, tattoos, & truth on her blog
Awkward Offerings. She is also a 2009 recipient of an Indiana Arts Commission grant for poetry.
Instead of Sons (Vayechi)
Rachel Barenblat has an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars but is probably best known for her widely-acclaimed blog, The Velveteen Rabbi.
New-sach
Michael Jackman is a lecturer in writing at Indiana University Southeast, where he teaches creative writing and other writing courses. He is also director of the Writers Workshop Project
Throne of God
Ken Bresler lives in Newton, Mass. His poems have appeared in Midstream, Poetica, and the New Vilna Review. His fiction is scheduled to appear in Poetica.
The Yeshiva at the End of the Universe & other poems
Three poems by KJ Hannah Greenberg: The Yeshiva at the End of the Universe, In the Room (of the Boy in Kita Bet), and Upon the Generations: The Necessity of Prayer in Israel
The Dry Cleaner’s Daughter
The Dry Cleaner’s Daughter first appeared in Jewish Women’s Literary Annual, 2003, Volume 5, and was reprinted in Tempe Poetry in April Chapbook – City of Tempe, 2005, Volume 5.
