Quiet on the Mountain
byListen to Her, for She is always speaking Straining against these lines drawn and quartered tattooed on aging maps Her’s is not the type…
Culture
Jerusalem
byI have been filled with longing For golden stone and cobbled streets For prayer and dance by the Holy of Holies I have been…
Lag Ba’Omer
byRabbi Shimon bar-Yoḥai refused to accept Roman dominion over Judea. As a fugitive from the empire, he hid out in a cave where the legendary Eliyahu taught him the Torah’s deepest secrets.
The Promised Land
byAs the heart yearns for the land As the soul aches for brooks of water I long for you For your vivid colors and…
דומה
byEverything feels quiet now The air hugs my skin hair not quite raised, but not quite static seaweed drifts in the current catching sunbeams…
The Story of Yusuf Abu-Ghosh
byThis Palestinian Leḥi agent is perhaps best remembered for assisting Geula Cohen’s escape from the Jerusalem prison hospital in 1947.
Beloved
byone thing I ask this only do I seek to dwell in his house his left hand under my head as we lie in…
Eliyahu
byI sat across from a carved wooden chair Blanketed with rich fuchsia and ornate golden leaves woven with grandeur and royalty I blinked and…
Two Eliyahus
bySo impressed with the behavior of the two Eliyahus during their trial, University of Cairo student organizers launched demonstrations calling for the Jewish assassins to be pardoned.
Avitzur/אביצור
byA powerful poem from Leḥi fighter Eliyahu Bet-Zuri (English translation to follow the original Hebrew)
On Freedom II
byFreedom is beyond and before a state, itself before choice and deed. Freedom is an inherent quality, not attained, but expressed. It is the…
First Day of our Year
byRosh Ḥodesh Nisan greets us once a year and reminds us what real Hebrew leadership means.