The Chosen People? Of course. Chosen to suffer. My most earnest experiences of faith in the Hebrew God always coincide with my greatest moments of existential despair. A familiar thought to most…
FEATURED POETRY
Maxim D. Shrayer wrote “Benefactor” to memorialize the passing of his former classmate, Ilia Salita, the late CEO of Genesis Philanthropy Group. Ilia and Maxim were the only two Jews admitted to…
When it rains, the tulips in my mother’s garden sing like angels heralding a Saviour: “Hark!” Petals all aflutter like the six wings of a rejoicing Seraph. I ignore their deliverance and…
Alex wrote this poem for the red-headed members of his Jewish family — yesterday, today, and tomorrow. My Bubbe was a red-headed Jew Like her Bubbe before her And my cousins today Too…
The biblical verse referenced is from Shemot (The Book of Exodus). “And God said unto Moses: ‘I AM THAT I AM’; and He said: ‘Thus shalt thou say unto the children of…
FEATURED ART
Hope is a fundamental part of Jewish peoplehood. Throughout all we have experienced, and all we have suffered, we have never lost our hope for a better future. Israel’s national anthem, “Hatikvah”,…
FICTION & NONFICTION
Many have written to me regarding whether tattoos are allowed in Judaism. Some, especially young adults, have tattooed the concentration camp numbers of their parents, grandparents or other relatives. My father who…
In June, I pick strawberries, crouching close to the ground, ankles burning as I pull soft berries from the vines. The reddest ones stain my fingers. The sun is hot on the…
“For me, Tali. For me. Plea-se…” She’s a guilt specialist, my mother. And guilt is the price I pay for living 3000 miles away from her. I’m thirty-three years old. By now,…
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