In Those Days, At This Time (III)
byWhen our nation wandered in the wilderness a strange enemy drew near cloaked in Amalekite garb but they spoke the Canaanite tongue a language…
Culture
Malkeinu
byHoly, Holy, Holy Is our King. He reigns Supreme, Lofty on His Throne. His People flock, they run To where you may ask? To…
V’Shavu Banim
by“I stand with Israel” you proclaim From a million miles across the sea As rockets rain down over my head “I stand with Israel”…
Running Divine Interference
byPray tell, what is this? These are surely miracles thousands of rockets thrown by Jihadi killers and caught by tech geeks This is the…
Earth, Wind & Fire
bySolid, dependable, unbreakable A pillar of hard-packed earth Crunching forward like a bulldozer To work the strings of war Planting mines, firing missiles Commanding…
Untitled
byA minute ago all I heard was birdsong Now all I hear are rockets Intercepted overheard A thousand shards of light Cascading down to…
The Odyssey Towards Freedom
byIf our time for freedom came, would you listen? If our dream of 3000 years realized, would you care? If our future looked different,…
In Those Days, At This Time (II)
byIf Haran, a third of the Hebrews Has perished in an oven far from his native soil And Naḥor has forgotten himself In the…
A Grenade Between Two Hearts
byIf any one factor forced the British Empire to withdraw from Palestine so that Israel could declare a state, it was the defiant resistance of the young Jews who gave their lives for their people’s freedom.
Dark Egypt
byBeyond the wilderness Of awesome, towering rocks and sheer cliffs The shifting sands turn low and level Giving way to a cruel, greedy world…
Man in the Moon
byMy grandmother taught me not to stare at the moon for too long and to never fall asleep facing a mirror My mother buried…
Glimpse of Spring
byTo the woman collecting bottles who feeds the cats every third day on her walk to work To the couples whispering on the stone…