A people gripped in daily trauma, anguish, grief with swelling pain,little children in pajamas, andgirls young with bloody stains. In early dawn and morning light news breaks heavy, dark as night,it’s hard to breathe, the heart can’t bearanother somber...
Stormy night in Californiachill is in the airthunderclaplighting boltseagulls swervewith sudden jolt—palm trees swayin gusty breezerain on rooftopdance with ease —and here I sitin my cocoon wish you’d hearthese finest tuneson this stormy night with mewarm and...
In shadows deep where sorrows lie mothers weep dry tearless eyes a silent song a lullaby in restless sleep a weary sigh of memories still yet to come of fallen leaves and setting sun a prayer is sent each day each night a dream a wish for joy and light for precious...
Tomorrow, January 13, 2024, would have been my father’s 91 birthday. It’s been thirty years since his untimely departure, but he was bigger than life, and I feel his presence always. I think of him, wondering what he would say about the challenges Israel...
Another week flew by, bye-byeamidst the sadness and the criessome days are fine some not so goodlessons learned and understoodstill life goes on and one must tooshake the worries and the bluessee sunrise paint the sky bright goldwith bold new stories to be tolda...
“In the City of Slaughter” בעיר ההרגה is a poem written in Hebrew in 1904 by Hayim Nahman Bialik about the Kishinev pogrom. The pogrom was sparked in April 1903 by a false Passover blood libel, inciting uncontrolled mobs to attack Jews, killing 49, with...