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Ruchama King Feuerman

Ruchama Feuerman is the author of the novel In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist, and just recently The Mountain Jews and the Mirror, a children’s folktale about the Jews of Casablanca.

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    Grandma’s Harira Soup: Sukkot, With a Touch of Casablanca

    ‘Recipes for food she had, but not so much recipes for life. But her cooking. Her cooking was the flawless creation that she wasn’t’

    byRuchama King Feuerman
  • Untitled, 2013-2014. Assaf Evron, The Sea Was Smooth, Perfectly Mirroring the Sky, is on view at Andrea Meislin through May 2, 2015.
    Untitled, 2013-2014. Assaf Evron, The Sea Was Smooth, Perfectly Mirroring the Sky, is on view at Andrea Meislin through May 2, 2015.
    FICTION
    Holy Thief

    Tablet Original Fiction: a rabbi, a broken soul, and a huge wad of cash

    byRuchama King Feuerman
  • Shavuot sunrise prayers at the Kotel.
    Shavuot sunrise prayers at the Kotel.
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    Searching for Myself at Jerusalem’s Hippie Yeshiva

    I didn’t fit in among the scruffy rock musicians and young women in shawls and drapey skirts, but my Shavuot visit changed me

    byRuchama King Feuerman
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    Sukkot and the Single Woman: A Holiday of Thankfulness and Self-Invention

    I never felt comfortable in my Orthodox neighborhood on Sukkot until I made a sukkah of my own—from the most unlikely materials

    byRuchama King Feuerman
  • (Yulia Sanchez/Flickr)
    (Yulia Sanchez/Flickr)
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    Under a Spell

    The road to marriage churns up an unusual conundrum: What happens when you fall for the matchmaker—not the match?

    byRuchama King Feuerman
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