By Eve Grubin –
I try to speak slant
or bright.
My words meet triangles
of fire, thrown.
Meanings I make
disintegrate.
I try to speak slant
or bright.
If I say… pogrom, the turning begins…
I become mute.
I must not say, I cannot name…
So many words can’t be said.
No matter what, the mere...
By Ronit Eitan
The freezer door opens, and the cool air hits me in the face, giving a momentary reprieve from August’s unbearable humidity. I reach and pull out the red plastic container full of panko breadcrumbs that sits crammed at the back. Although a sizeable container, it is surprisingly light...
By Prof. William Kolbrener
I have been sheltering – with Rembrandt.
My self-portrait came with Dutch postmarks – inside the parcel, the hemp string knotted, the thick brown paper torn-open, the smooth laser-printed acrylic surface underneath.
Glassy depth and weight.
My portable shelter.
Rembrandt...
Tell Me by Yaakov Mascetti I stood alone among a few, Between flags and eulogies, Watching, silently listening. They turned him, slowly and gently, From…
By Prof. William Kolbrener I have been sheltering – with Rembrandt. My self-portrait came with Dutch postmarks – inside the parcel, the hemp string knotted,…
Mendel Horowitz is a practicing psychotherapist in Jerusalem My grandparents had their silence, Noah had his ark. My neighbors have their refuge On the second…
Roy Atadgy is a novelist, living in Westchester, Pennsylvania I’m known to hide in sentences. Living between punctuation, Rubix-cubing words, interrogating them, inspecting them obsessively––this is…
Batnadiv HaKarmi is a Jerusalem based painter and writer May the Place console you amongst the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem – Traditional Jewish blessing…
William Kolbrener The only hope for the Humanities, and the Liberal Arts, and the American University, had been the eradication of antisemitism from its midst.…
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