tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post8313409676896346117..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: The Unmarried SisterChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-12614692371826790722008-03-17T14:08:00.000-04:002008-03-17T14:08:00.000-04:00Personal fulfillment( rather lack of it) is at the...Personal fulfillment( rather lack of it) is at the heart of the story. You described this well.<BR/>ost of the students @ YU/Stern are struggling with this.<BR/><BR/>Good job as usual and thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-31847428291735675952008-03-16T22:57:00.000-04:002008-03-16T22:57:00.000-04:00Chana,this is lovely!Have a Happy Purim!Chana,this is lovely!<BR/>Have a Happy Purim!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-41700584413967342112008-03-16T01:09:00.000-04:002008-03-16T01:09:00.000-04:00You will go far in life, no doubt.Thank you.You will go far in life, no doubt.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Tzvi Feifelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955232844243559625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-48828807592849275152008-03-14T17:58:00.000-04:002008-03-14T17:58:00.000-04:00You did it again!A great story!You did it again!<BR/>A great story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-49546463918682368532008-03-14T13:09:00.000-04:002008-03-14T13:09:00.000-04:00That was quite a moving story. And I also thought ...That was quite a moving story. And I also thought it was quite funny, because recently, I had an assignment from school to write a poem in which the narrator was "looking in" on a scene. And I chose to write it about a younger sister at her older sister's wedding, and how she could never find the chance to say goodbye to her sister, how she felt lke she was losing her. Anyways, this story was really reminiscent of my poem, and i had to comment...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-57805325720918153952008-03-14T12:33:00.000-04:002008-03-14T12:33:00.000-04:00Loved it!I'm the unmarried older brother and my yo...Loved it!<BR/>I'm the unmarried older brother and my younger brother is married.<BR/>This was so cathartic for me!<BR/><BR/>I hope I too will be able to find my special lady one day.<BR/><BR/> Chana,thank you for the incredibly thuthful and captivating story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-40016958379026060622008-03-14T11:54:00.000-04:002008-03-14T11:54:00.000-04:00The worst is the people who insist on pitying you ...The worst is the people who insist on pitying you even when you don't [yet?] pity yourself. The things they say that are meant well, but are oh-so-tactless you wonder what they were thinking...or <I>if</I> they were thinking. Why should it be so absurd for one sister to be happy for the other, even if the engaged one is younger? And why does everyone relegate the older sister to old-maidhood by virtue of not getting married first? It's so beyond ridiculous--people are truly so tactless even as they're trying to be kind. But of course, you have to smile and be polite and go elsewhere if you have to roll your eyes, because they do mean well.<BR/><BR/>It is not the easiest thing to have a younger sibling get married before you...but it's made so much worse than it has to be, by all of the well-meaning people who insist on making it so.Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911315552965685448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-86200961922131061452008-03-14T11:00:00.000-04:002008-03-14T11:00:00.000-04:00Chana,I love your writing!Your skills(as a writer)...Chana,I love your writing!<BR/>Your skills(as a writer)blossomed lately...,such depth of feeling . . There is an element of truth to this one,something that I can relate to even though I'm a male.I love the way you describe Cassie's state,her hope,desire to find that special partner and the loneliness that can be so overwhelming. You pretty much expressed here the way I feel.<BR/> Well done!<BR/> Thank you and looking forward to more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-27994499442470755402008-03-14T09:35:00.000-04:002008-03-14T09:35:00.000-04:00As a general rule, I think you write extremely wel...As a general rule, I think you write extremely well and this is no exception. You do a fine job of hitting on human emotion. One criticism though. Your early works were all in the realm of more fantasy-type writing where is was more acceptable for people to say things like "I shall..." or "oh how you love her". But in reality, do you really talk to your friends/parents like that? Otherwise, fine writing as usual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com