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Comment on The horror of looking too skinny in front of your Jewish grandmother by davidwegbreit

davidwegbreit — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:35:12 +0000

The matzah apron is awesome.

Comment on By Any Other Name by Crowdsourcing Works! « NEW JEWISH FILMMAKING PROJECT (NJFP)

Crowdsourcing Works! « NEW JEWISH FILMMAKING PROJECT (NJFP) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:30:37 +0000

[...] 14, 2009 by davidwegbreit When I announced that I would be calling on the world at large to help solve the mystery of my name, effectively [...]

Comment on Sides by Kate Stilley Steiner

Kate Stilley Steiner — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:29:55 +0000

I totally agree with Mayana, Yenny. This is really nice – the ambiguity of that moment is lovely.

I remember very clearly how I felt so removed from both my grandparents’ passings – even though they had practically raised me as a child. It was as if the difference in our ages made them another species in my mind – or maybe I just did not have a clear conception of what “forever” really meant? Or maybe – just maybe – since I was still so much closer to birth than death really – I thought it was just natural that they should go…. as natural as that I should be born, and live.

I’m not sure. But the haze of it all is really nice in your piece. Thanks a lot for writing it.

Comment on Excerpt from “As Old As Our Eyes – Yelena’s Story” by The horror of looking too skinny in front of your Jewish grandmother « NEW JEWISH FILMMAKING PROJECT (NJFP)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:12:00 +0000

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Comment on Sides by 2jew4u

2jew4u — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:51:43 +0000

This post really spoke to me. It reminds me of when I lost my grandmother, you summed up the unusual feelings of losing and trying to remember a grandparent beautifully.

Comment on Proof of my sanity…or lack thereof…. by cherilaser

cherilaser — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:13:36 +0000

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Periods and commas always fall inside quotation marks. There are no exceptions to this rule.

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Comment on Like father like daughter…like brother? by Kate Stilley Steiner

Kate Stilley Steiner — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:10:16 +0000

Great job Mayana! The title is splendid and I feel the cohesion of the concept. I’m really looking forward to seeing how you develop it. Kate

Comment on Scouring by themobber

themobber — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:56:07 +0000

Reminds me of Johnathan Safran Foer’s book Incredibly Loud and Extremely Close. The co-protagonist is a Dresden firebombing survivor who worked as a marble sculptor. In America he marries the sister of his dead lover Dresden, and when persuaded to sculpt, finds himself unintentionally creating his lost love.

Comment on Impact by citizenemma

citizenemma — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:53:09 +0000

Great work.
Where is Umbrella Rock? Do you know who he is with? Where did you find the photo?

Comment on Faking Jewish by author337

author337 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:11:21 +0000

Since there is nothing physical that makes a Jew a Jew—despite the half-true stereotypes of us—than aren’t we all just pretending to be something different when we say we are Jews? In a sense that is what makes the Jew unique in the annals of historically downtrodden people. While others are subjugated based on how they were born, only the Jews have the chutzpah to be a self-made minority, with our own rituals and pageants to celebrate how different we are. So in faking Jewish (and I must admit for bizarre reasons based on yet another set of half-true stereotypes) your family got to the essence of what it takes to be Jewish: the divine hubris of choosing to be different.