Maccabi

Maccabi

The voice of my beloved – it comes! Skipping across the mountains Leaping over the hills Disappearing between the trees Shooting from between the…

The Great Jewish Revolt

Days Are Coming

Behold, days are coming When the emperor’s countenance will darken The windows of his face will become closed off Like a pale moon obscured…

Empire

Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome One displaced me from my home. One proposed to axe my head Another burned my books instead. The fourth…

Call to Arms

Call to Arms

You will not draw us home From the fleshpots of exile With talk of miracles, “A nation risen from the dust” What is it…

Time

Time

Sometimes I think our lives resemble an hourglass And the Holy One pours into them – time Like water from a pipe Where it…

In Exile

In Exile

Eat up, they tell me as they place before me sumptuous dishes chicken freshly plucked from the frozen section pre-sliced vegetables cut into exotic…

Not By Smoke

Not By Smoke

They tell me the stories of previous years The blackness and ashes left behind, The sheer inhumanity moves me to tears And yet –…