Helter Shelter

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 floor. With blast doors, First aid kits and Psalms, Rechargeable batteries, water, And emergency lights. I have mostly these words On this paper, And explosive music In my head. Some […]

Pikachu Jew

Erica Landis is a NYC-based writer – I once dressed up as a giant yellow Pikachu. I was newly in crush with my now husband and he needed someone to wear this rented costume outside the video game store he managed. “I’ll do it!” I said. “You will?” he said. “Sure, why not?” I said. […]

Gimme Shelter

By Maya Sela – Host of ‘מה שכרוך’ (Ma She’karuch) on KAN Radio (Original Hebrew text below – הטקסט המקורי בעברית מופיע בהמשך)   Maybe I’ve lost my mind. I have no desire for a foreign passport, and I don’t want to escape. On October 7th, I sat alone in my apartment in Tel Aviv and […]