When the Left Hand Forgets the Right
byI was a slave in Egypt I was dragged from Gaza No, Gush Katif Hear O Israel, the Lord is One soul in many…
Culture
Parshat Nasso
byThat HaShem forgoes His Honor for the sake of making peace between man and wife comes to teach us the importance of humbling our own egos for the sake of making our relationships work.
Wake Up
byI wake up To the rock covered hills To the olive trees and lined caravans To a sunrise in Samaria My empty sleep has…
My Tent
bySea splits inside me blinding waves crash up against the lining I seek a tent that no longer exists Replaced with pills and pain…
Parshat Bamidbar
byA people’s army is necessary for Israel to fulfill the Divine commandment of sovereignty over our land.
Seven Years in Hebron
byI want the hard-soft eyes of a man who knows his land, who speaks gently to her with the planting of fruit trees and…
Yom Yerushalayim
byWhile the return of the Jewish people to the city that had been the central focus of our dreams for thousands of years would be sufficient to warrant establishing a new festival, Yom Yerushalayim actually commemorates so much more.
To Jerusalem
byAnd I know, Oh breath behind the wind, You know that I call to her Cry to her, grin at the curves of her…
Parshat Beḥukotai
byIsrael’s deep spiritual connection to our homeland – like the connection of the soul to the body – transcends all rational human understandings.
Exile
byHow do you wake up a sleeping nation When it’s pillows are made of the finest silks They sleep with the enemy wrapped in…
Parshat Behar
byIsrael must organize its society in such a way that reflects Hebrew values while transcending the friction between conflicting economic models.
Diaspora
bySometimes exile cuts like a knife Away from my home is just a half life Don’t know if feeling this lost is worth the…