Journal | Kira's Blog Original Art, Poetry and Books by Kira Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:40:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://kirasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/K-1-Logo-1-©Yakira-Shimoni-Fulks—Kira-Art-and-Poetry-—-Site-Icon-100x100.jpg Journal | Kira's Blog 32 32 October 7, 2026 https://kirasart.com/october-7th-2026/ https://kirasart.com/october-7th-2026/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:54:29 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=18669 Three years have passed since a joyous Shabbos holiday morning turned dark. Three years of pain, courage, and determination that have changed each and every one of us. And while time moves forward, we do not leave that day behind. In 1955, my father, Haviv Shimoni ז״ל, wrote a poem in Jerusalem called A Monument […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/october-7th-2026/feed/ 0 Shabbat Shuvah https://kirasart.com/shabbat-shuvah/ https://kirasart.com/shabbat-shuvah/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:24:19 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=18550 This Shabbat we read Parashat Ha’azinu: Listen. It is Moses’ final song to his people, calling them to remember who they are and their covenant with God. It is also Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat of Return. As Shabbat ends, we stand at the threshold of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Shuv means to return, […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/shabbat-shuvah/feed/ 0 Happy Labor Day https://kirasart.com/happy-labor-day/ https://kirasart.com/happy-labor-day/#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:44:12 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=18540 Happy Labor Day to All! 🇺🇸 It’s a rainy Monday in California, remnants of Hurricane Marie. Rain just before Rosh Hashanah always feels like a blessing. “Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase.” –Leviticus 26:4 And rain on Labor Day reminds me of an old Israeli […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/happy-labor-day/feed/ 0 Beautiful Shabbat https://kirasart.com/beautiful-fun-shabbat/ https://kirasart.com/beautiful-fun-shabbat/#respond Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:13:09 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=18153 Shavua Tov and Good Week to All Spent a beautiful fun Shabbat with my dear friends Yael and Meira. Yael was in LA on a short layover from Israel, and together we drove through the winding country roads of Temecula to a beautiful hillside vineyard. Between the delicious lunch, stunning views, and a belly full […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/beautiful-fun-shabbat/feed/ 0 Happy Mother’s Day 2026 https://kirasart.com/happy-mothers-day-2026/ https://kirasart.com/happy-mothers-day-2026/#respond Sun, 10 May 2026 03:34:24 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=18079 Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers I know and love 💐 Everything I know about motherhood, I learned from my mother, Shulamit Shimoni. To love, to give, to endure, and to keep the spirit light. Here she is at ninety-three, at PSIK Theater in Jerusalem, strong, shining center stage, still embracing life. Wishing you […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/happy-mothers-day-2026/feed/ 0 What is Love? https://kirasart.com/what-is-love/ https://kirasart.com/what-is-love/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:37:04 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=16735 What is love we wonder and ponder is it a force, a feeling, a bond from Yonder? Is it a word that lights up the day and makes all worry fade quickly away? What is love but free surrenderfinding home in the heart of anotherwhispered secrets, warm embracea shelter one calls ‘my home sweet place’. […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/what-is-love/feed/ 0 Seventy-Two https://kirasart.com/seventy-two/ https://kirasart.com/seventy-two/#comments Wed, 28 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17823 Shabbat Shalom and a Safe Weekend to All 🔯🙏☮ This week was eventful. We commemorated Memorial Day, honoring the brave soldiers who gave their lives so we can live free in this Great American Land ❤️🤍💙 We also celebrated Yom Yerushalayim—Jerusalem Day—the city of my birth, the eternal Capital of Israel, the heart and soul […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/seventy-two/feed/ 2 Israel Independence Day https://kirasart.com/israel-independence-day/ https://kirasart.com/israel-independence-day/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 01:25:19 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17774 Today marks 77 years of Israel’s independence, but our hearts are broken. We are a nation ablaze—fires rage through our forests, sorrow burns in our cities. Yet from the ashes we will rise. Nothing and no one will erase us.🔯 עם ישראל חי 💙🙏 אש לוחשת בין הריםרוח צורחת ביעריםשוב בוערת האדמה.שוב נשברת הנשמה עץ […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/israel-independence-day/feed/ 0 Happy Purim https://kirasart.com/happy-purim/ https://kirasart.com/happy-purim/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2025 23:46:00 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17797 Today, we celebrate Purim, the holiday of sudden miracles, which coincides with a lunar eclipse—a time of transformation. We are reminded that everything can change in an instant. V’nahafoch Hu. On a personal note, our lives changed in an instant on Rosh Hashanah during the solar eclipse, when we found our beautiful home and welcomed […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/happy-purim/feed/ 0 Happy Valentine’s Day https://kirasart.com/happy-valentines-day-2/ https://kirasart.com/happy-valentines-day-2/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:54:00 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17767 “The world is not a collection of things, but a collection of relations. And love is the experience of the world as a relation, a living encounter.” — I and Thou, Martin Buber In every encounter, we are given the opportunity to experience love not just as a romantic emotion, but to discover the divine […]

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