Steps to Follow in the Event of an Emergency
By Jane Medved – When the wind sounds like a siren, find a stairwell Within a city, in the event, in the vicinity of pillars. All loans are forgiven. Lie on the ground. On TV they show how to tie a tourniquet. In the event, within a city, or the vicinity of pillars Place heavy […]
One Schnitzel Away
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 in weight. On […]
No Shelter
By Noa Offek – I don’t believe in statistics. Let me rephrase — I have too much respect for potential scenarios to accept the flattened statistical version presented to the masses in goodwill and with a reassuring smile. My grandparents have thirty seconds to get to a shelter when the siren goes off. But statistics […]
Helter Shelter
By Mendel Horowitz – 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 tempos pulsate More soundly; […]
Life Sentence
By Roy Atadgy – I’m known to hide in sentences. Living between punctuation, Rubix-cubing words, interrogating them, inspecting them obsessively––this is my ultimate comfort. When it comes to sentences, to the battleground of sentences (in which words are disordered soldiers), deciphering its perfect architecture, ordering the disorder, is not only where I find comfort, but […]
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 […]
‘That’ Day
Professor William Kolbrener – That day my life changed. I stopped writing scholarly articles; I put aside a book project. After October 7th, I left a job as academic director of a non-profit fighting antisemitism. I did not want to fight antisemitism on the battlefield of ideas: the battlefield had come to my home. We […]
‘I Wonder What Her Name Is’
Naomi Ruth Henoch – It’s a leap year. It’s a leap day. It’s one extra day for the hostages to remain in captivity. One extra day for Ayelet to wonder if her daughter Naama is alive. If Naama is pregnant, or broken, or alive, or dead, and what is worse? It’s her face I remember, […]
