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Short stories

“Effects”

A tentative woman whose son is going off to college, an elderly aunt dying: a story about generations and transmission

“The Jewish Bride”

On a stalled train, recall of Rembrandt’s painting spins a woman’s thinking about marriage and identity

“No Place for Me, My Love”

A woman and her intellectual idol (Harvard Review Fall 1999, No. 17)

This story was named an Honorable Mention in the Pushcart Prize 2001.

Essays

Four essays of Torah commentary in the Forward newspaper

A review of a classic, largely forgotten novel about Jews and Jewish continuity, age, and death

Novel Excerpt

Excerpt from my novel, The Third Street Temple, about a rabbi and her congregation

Poetry

My midrashic poems about the biblical Isaac and Rebekah