Sarah's Daughters Sing [Paperback]

Henny Wenkart (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Asserting a feminist perspective, a few poems in this thematic anthology, such as Nina Judith Katz's "Parve" or editor Wenkart's "Shopping Advice," contribute unexpected viewpoints. Despite interesting poems, however, cliched mediocrity prevails. Marge Piercy, Shirley Kaufman, Muriel Rukeyser, and Adrienne Rich are represented by a poem or two, but where are Linda Pastan and Myra Sklarew? Even dedicated poetry readers will be unfamiliar with the majority of poets. An outgrowth of workshops formed under the auspices of the Jewish Women's Resource Center, this volume never rises above an amateurish appearance: poems and illustrations crowd the pages, acknowledgments are handled erratically, and neither an index to poets or biographical information on the poets appears. Of most interest to large Judaica collections rather than to poetry readers.
- Rochelle Ratner, formerly Poetry Editor, "Soho Weekly News," New York
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review

Four Jewish Syrian Daughters by Ada Aharoni
A Woman Of Valor, Who Can Find? by Renee Alfandary
A Lifetime's Yizkor by Miriam Bat Or
So Open We Conceive by Chana Bell
Desire by Sharona Ben-tov
The Field Anthropologist Gives Birth by Sharona Ben-tov
Haj by Sharona Ben-tov
Song For My Father by Sharona Ben-tov
Companions by Michelle Bender
Houseguest by Michelle Bender
Michal by Rachel Bluwstein
Farewell Earth by Peninnah Braude
In Lieu Of Letters by Sharon Cameron
B'not Sarah by Judith Shulamith Langer Caplan
Dayeni by Judith Shulamith Langer Caplan
In This Galaxy Flowing With Milk And Honey by Judith Shulamith Langer Caplan
The Kohain's Wife by Judith Shulamith Langer Caplan
Tah Shema by Judith Shulamith Langer Caplan
Why I Understand World Literature by Judith Shulamith Langer Caplan
Qiryat Shmoneh by Esther Cohen
Erasures by Ruth Daigon
Names by Ruth Daigon
Not Yet Visible by Ruth Daigon
Old People At The Film Series At The Museum Of Modern Art by Ruth Daigon
Six O'clock News by Ruth Daigon
Neighborhoods: Brighton Beach by Enid Dame
Neighborhoods: Inheritance by Enid Dame
Neighborhoods: Untenanted by Enid Dame
Neighborhoods: Yahrzeit by Enid Dame
Sclerotic by Enid Dame
Princess Michal's Song by Rosalind (rosa) Darrow
Light River by Marion D. S. Dreyfus
Minor Surgery by Marion D. S. Dreyfus
Old Softie by Marion D. S. Dreyfus
Photo-finish Brat by Marion D. S. Dreyfus
Zip-door Johnny by Marion D. S. Dreyfus
Poem by Celia Dropkin
The Depression by Dina Elenbogen
Growing Up by Dina Elenbogen
Jabotinsky Street; For Robert Friend by Dina Elenbogen
The Last Person Out Of The Country, Please Turn Off Lights by Dina Elenbogen
The Letter I Wanted To Write, The Letter I Wrote, For Osnat by Dina Elenbogen
My Father's Garden by Dina Elenbogen
Saul's Hammer by Dina Elenbogen
Sunflowers by Dina Elenbogen
Sarah Talks To God by Lillian Elkin
Learning Bones by Rhina Polonia Espaillat
A Letter To The Sons Of Abraham by Marcia Falk
Risa by Marcia Falk
Croup by Merle Feld
The First Time We Made Shabbos Together. by Merle Feld
I Never Think Of Myself As Waiting For You. by Merle Feld
Mazel Tov! by Merle Feld
My Friends Baked Cake And We Ordered Lox And Whitefish by Merle Feld
We All Stood Together by Merle Feld
Young Women Leave Home by Rifka Fingerhut
The Sun And I by Rachel Fishman
Louder, Please by Florence B. Freedman
Partings by Florence B. Freedman
Predestination Or, Love Is Not Enough by Florence B. Freedman
Widow by Florence B. Freedman
Sabbath Eyes by Nancy Lee Gossels
Seasons Of Torah: 1 by Nancy Lee Gossels
Seasons Of Torah: 2 by Nancy Lee Gossels
Seasons Of Torah: 3 by Nancy Lee Gossels
The Yosom by Blu Greenberg
Childhood Memory by Irene Grimberg
If by Rose Gutman-jasny
Beta Israel by Annette Bialik Harchik
Confession To Mother Sarah by Annette Bialik Harchik
Earrings by Annette Bialik Harchik
First Thoughts: On Liberation Day From A Concentration Camp by Annette Bialik Harchik
A Mother's Tisha B'av, July 1984 by Annette Bialik Harchik
Poetry by Annette Bialik Harchik
Tu B'shevat by Annette Bialik Harchik
A Confession by Judith Heineman
Bible Students In The Sukkah by Barbara D. Holender
Leah by Barbara D. Holender
Rachel by Barbara D. Holender
Original Sin: A Causal Analysis by Louise Jaffe
Paean After Snow by Louise Jaffe
Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen by Irene Javors
Susan Dances by Beth Joselow
Nancy's Aliyah by Cyrille Kane
Kol Nidre by Rosa Felsenburg Kaplan
Sisters by Rosa Felsenburg Kaplan
Parve by Nina Judith Katz
Anna, My Mother-in-law by Merilee Kaufman
Thinking About The Future Of Jerusalem by Shirley Kaufman
Abutilon In Bloom by Irena Klepfisz
Cactus by Irena Klepfisz
I Cannot Swim. by Irena Klepfisz
They Did Not Build Wings For Them. by Irena Klepfisz
The Enemy Is The Dark. by Phyllis Koestenbaum
I Dreamed Him Homeward by Yala Korwin
Eden by Jacqueline Lapidus
Eve by Else Lasker-schuler
Rosie by Nicole Lieberman
Patience by Jessica Lipsky
Hallo, Hallo by Cecile Low
Warsaw Carousel by Cecile Low
Fathers by Cecile L. Martindale
Kiddush Levana by Ruth Finer Mintz
Momma Remembers by Elaine Mitchell
Prayer On The Approach Of Accouchement by Fanny Neuda
Words For A Song by Helen Neville
The Girls That Are Wanted. by Marie Odlum
The Beggar In The Subway by Helen Papell
Hagar, The Second Morning: A Midrash by Helen Papell
Her Eyes Tell Me by Helen Papell
My Mother-in-law's Name Is Rose by Helen Papell
Once More With You by Helen Papell
Passover 1988 by Helen Papell
Rachel's Hunger by Helen Papell
Sabbath by Helen Papell
Sarah And Isaac Her Son: A Midrash by Helen Papell
Women's Talk by Helen Papell
The Influence Coming Into Play: The Seven Of Pentacles by Marge Piercy
Maggid by Marge Piercy
My Mother's Novel by Marge Piercy
Gey Klap Dem Kop In Vant by Mildred Brenner Pollner
The Maabaroth by Rikudah Potash
Holy Grandmothers In Jerusalem. by Esther Raab
Bar Talking by Gayle Spanier Rawlings
Coming Home by Eva Reisman
The Contract by Sherry Reiter
Gray Hairs by Naomi Replansky
Housing Shortage by Naomi Replansky
Living In Sin by Adrienne Cecile Rich
Her Earrings by Mindy Rinkewich
My Next Door Neighbor by Mindy Rinkewich
Sarah: Cheshbon Hanefesh by Mindy Rinkewich
Twilight Zone by Mindy Rinkewich
Ancestor by Frances Rodman
I Know About The Woman Who Sits And Waits. by Judith Rose
Sunday by Marcia G. Rosen
Seasons Of Torah: 4 by Rosie Rosenzweig
Therapist by Ruth Roston
Effort At Speech Between Two People by Muriel Rukeyser
I Am Proud Of You. by Chana Safran
1932 by Lynn Saul
Antonio's Night by Lynn Saul
Leah Tells Rachel She Wants To Learn Not To Let Jacob Matter by Lynn Saul
A Midrash On Leah by Lynn Saul
Housewife by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
Boiled Wine by Lucy Cohen Schmeidler
Meditation On Aleph by Lucy Cohen Schmeidler
Subway Song by Lucy Cohen Schmeidler
My Jewish Life Line by Peninnah Schram
The Rock by Natalie R. Sheffler
Belonging by Layle Silbert
Braids by Layle Silbert
Round by Layle Silbert
Yiddish by Layle Silbert
We Are by Elaine Starkman
Small Pleasures by Nancy Imberman Tamler
1940 by Madeline Tiger
Babies by Madeline Tiger
Birdsong & Sun Poem For Winter by Madeline Tiger
Brushing by Madeline Tiger
Continuing by Madeline Tiger
Elegy by Madeline Tiger
The Hardest Work Of All by Madeline Tiger
Newark by Madeline Tiger
Prayers For A Sick Daughter by Madeline Tiger
Rites De Passage by Madeline Tiger
God Only Knows by Malka Heifetz Tussman
I Know Not Your Ways. by Malka Heifetz Tussman
The Crossing by Patricia Moger Varshavtchik
Sister Prophecy: A Gift For Bonita's 32nd Birthday by Celia Y. Weisman
April by Henny Wenkart
Bedecken by Henny Wenkart
Elegy For My Father by Henny Wenkart
Heartbeat by Henny Wenkart
Kri'ah by Henny Wenkart
Safe Houses by Henny Wenkart
The Seasons Of The Swastika by Henny Wenkart
Shopping Advice by Henny Wenkart
The Act Of Bread by Ruth Whitman
Cutting The Jewish Brides's Hair by Ruth Whitman
California Sister by Elizabeth Zelvin
The Limitations Of Therapy by Elizabeth Zelvin
Nine by Elizabeth Zelvin
On Borrowed Time by Elizabeth Zelvin
Secrets Of The Therapeutic Relationship by Elizabeth Zelvin
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Ktav Pub Inc; First Edition edition (February 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881253499
• ISBN-13: 978-0881253498
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,881,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Merle Feld is a widely published poet, award-winning playwright, peace activist and educator. She is the author of a new volume of poetry, "Finding Words," (URJ Press, 2011) and a highly acclaimed memoir, "A Spiritual Life: Exploring the Heart and Jewish Tradition" (State University of New York Press, revised edition 2007).

Merle's award-winning plays include "The Gates are Closing," which has offered hundreds of synagogue communities and university groups from Brooklyn to Beijing a powerful and moving introduction to the themes of the High Holidays. In "Across the Jordan" (published by Syracuse University Press in the anthology "Making a Scene"), Biblical characters share the stage with contemporary Israelis and Palestinians struggling for recognition and rapprochement.

Merle is a popular scholar-in-residence nationally; abroad, she has facilitated Israeli-Palestinian dialogue on the West Bank and at Seeds of Peace, and has traveled to collaborate with and support Jewish women activists in the former Soviet Union through Project Kesher. The Russian translation of "A Spiritual Life" enjoys a wide audience in the FSU; its publication occasioned a unique three-week book tour of Ukraine. Both her experiences facilitating dialogue on the West Bank and traveling across the FSU are detailed in the revised edition (2007) of "A Spiritual Life."

Since 2005 Merle has served as Founding Director of the Albin Rabbinic Writing Institute, guiding rabbinical students and rabbis from all denominations to develop and explore their own spiritual lives and to serve more effectively as spiritual leaders. Her prose and poetry (including her signature poem about women and men at Sinai) can be found in numerous anthologies and prayer books, most recently in the celebrated volumes "Mahzor Lev Shalem" and "The Torah: A Woman's Commentary." Merle and husband Rabbi Edward Feld make their home in Western Massachusetts.

Visit Merle's website www.merlefeld.com for further details about her books and plays, her speaking and teaching schedule and her guidance to begin or enrich your own spiritual writing practice.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hearing the voices of Jewish women, February 21, 2001

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This review is from: Sarah's Daughters Sing: A Sampler of Poems by Jewish Women (Hardcover)

This book is a wonderful collection of poetry. It is great just to read, and its poems can also be used in lifecycle celebrations. I especially liked the contemporary midrash pieces which allow us to heard the voices of the women in the Torah. An excellent Bat Mitzvah or graduation gift! I wish there was a Volume II!