Writing on the Wall

Writing on the Wall is a creative community countering isolation and antisemitism through voice, creativity, and connection.

Writing on the Wall was born after an impromptu writing workshop led by Professor William Kolbrener after October 7th. Hearing the power of writers’ stories, Writing on the Wall was born. Bill (the Jerusalem religious American) and creative director, Ronit Eitan (the Tel Aviv secular Israeli), agree that fighting antisemitism starts with joining our different voices together through poetry and art. Our diversity is our strength – encounter the complexity and the layered reality that is Israel today.

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BALAGAN

A Magazine of Art, Poetry, and Perspective

BALAGAN, meaning “chaos” in Hebrew, is Writing on the Wall’s new quarterly literary magazine.

Through poetry, art, and storytelling, BALAGAN offers fresh perspectives on identity, culture, and everything in between.

The Bell and The Siren

Certain sounds are forever programmed in us. Like a siren.

Tick–Tock: The Hope of the Hopeless

The Jewish optimism of hopelessness – kiviti – the hope that remains after all hope is lost.

Whiplash: Between Mourning and Celebration

The line between collective grief and celebration has become so thin that it is difficult to distinguish one from the other.

Ba’avor Zeh – For this Moment, Now

From degradation to triumph, from idolatry to the one God, from slavery to freedom, we first remember and retell.

The Hierarchy of Shelter

The private mamad, the building miklat, and the public miklat — the new social hierarchy of the underground

Near Miss

I felt the car jolt – a sharp, sudden bang. I was sure I’d blown a tire.

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