Angela Himsel is the author of “A River Could Be A Tree.” She lives in New York City. She can be reached at [email protected].
Angela Himsel
By Angela Himsel
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Culture So, what’s up with all that kissing in synagogue? (No, not the people — the Torah!)
Born into a Christian cult, a Jewish writer discovers the meaning behind a practice she once found puzzling
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Life Leaving The Doomsday Worldwide Church Of God — For Judaism
On Saturday mornings, my father roused us with, “Boys, girls, get up! You got to make hay while the sun shines!” We exited our rooms — there were two or three or four siblings per room, depending on the year, and we fought over access to the one bathroom. Then we ate a quick breakfast…
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Life The Sisterhood’s Real Housewives of the Bible
Web-based Christian evangelist and author Ty Adams knows that no housewives were more real than those in the Bible. Infertility, adultery, loneliness, general skankiness – you name it, Biblical women suffered or did it. As an antidote to the “Real Housewives” franchise currently on television, Adams has created “The Real Housewives of the Bible,” a…
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News Kippah Couture
My sister, Wanda, and her boyfriend, Michael, were driving our family car in New York City when Michael came across two pieces of round fabric in the console between the two front seats. He held them up to his chest and asked my sister, “How does Angela wear these?” Neither Wanda nor Michael is Jewish,…
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News September’s Sounds of Silence
A bicyclist zipped down Columbus Avenue silently. Her gaze caught mine. Tears filled her eyes. She turned away and continued down the strangely somber street. On the day of 9/11 and in the weeks following it, New York was marked by a silence unusual for the normally cacophonous city. The silence reminded me personally of…
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News Celebrating a Cycle Completed, Starting Anew
Over drinks with a leading Bible scholar and a ketubah designer, the conversation segued seamlessly from little-known female prophets of biblical times to Temple prostitutes and then to whom we would choose to be if we could travel back into antiquity. The Bible professor said a scribe; the ketubah designer said a weaver, and I…
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