Poetry, Rosh Hashanah 2011
Poetry, Rosh Hashanah 2011
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Annette Dubovsky, Freda Freeman, Ben Krengel, Bernard Levinson, Bev Moss-Reilly, Ben Wilensky If I forget thee, O Jerusalem… Garden of Gethsemane Holy Wailing Wall Temple site of Solomon Holding in their thrall DID Mary live in Bethany? Mohammed’s steed rose Where? Where ARE the
Poetry, Chanukah 2011
Poetry, Chanukah 2011
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Charlotte Cohen, Ros Posel, Israel Silberhaft Confidences I had to confide in someone So I confided in paper Paper is silent It can take anything I could pour out my anger I could weep … I could rejoice … For me, poems are what
Chanukah 1898
Chanukah 1898
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(Author: Gita Gordon, Vol. 66, #3, Chanukah 2011) My dear wife, It is two years since we parted. I thought that the time we were apart would be short. People spoke of fortunes to be made as by Sammy Marks, who left a poor
Dr Schrodinger’s Cat
Dr Schrodinger’s Cat
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(Author: Sandra Braude, Vol. 66, #2, Rosh Hashanah 2011) My arrival in Israel was something of a culture shock. Things here are very different from Sydney, where life can be described as first-world-laid-back. It’s nothing like that here, where the atmosphere and everything about
Poetry, Rosh Hashanah 2014
Poetry, Rosh Hashanah 2014
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Jp Burke, Rodney Mazinter, Ernest Safari From a Rwandan Survivor to the Jewish Community Oh yes, Understandable, it happened yesterday! You have reasons to love and like yourself, because you were hated for no reason If nobody was hated without reason, he/she won’t know
Poetry, Chanukah 2014
Poetry, Chanukah 2014
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I am a Healer I am a healer - my place of work: Hadassah. Young girls and boys, limbs torn, bodies bleeding, Cry out in fear and pain. I cry for the mother’s anguish, for the father’s tears. But their physical hurt is not
Poetry, Rosh Hashanah 2015
Poetry, Rosh Hashanah 2015
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Dream Subverted Benighted Nations unyielding in your Argus-eyed façade. Your unfounded pride Like a tower you raise High above the city; Fraudulent deceivers possessed by false hope, betrayed trust. And behind your dark portals lie your creators, Prisoners of your discontent. They are more compromised
Child of Zululand
Child of Zululand
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(Author: Zita Nurok, Vol. 70, No. 1, Pesach 2015) She trudged wearily up the street slope towards our home. Since I’d met her five years previously when we employed her, she’d become buxom. “Hello Madam.” Her words were flat and unemotional. “Oh hello Nancy.”
Poetry, Pesach 2015
Poetry, Pesach 2015
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Nothingness The world needs an alien invasion By monstrous creatures from outer space For us to know that, despite our differences We’re all part of the human race That whatever our upbringing or religion Or language or color of skin Our DNA is snipped from