Ḥag HaBanot
byḤag HaBanot honors the heroism of our women in the struggle to free Judea from Seleucid-Greek rule.
Culture
In Those Days, At This Time
byHow do we extricate Israel from Roman rule without bringing the Jewish state to ruin in the process? Can this be the next great challenge of Jewish history?
Sunrise on the Aegean
byMy breath crests over the clouds blending sky and ocean above the Hellespont Thessaly to my back emerging consummate from Thrace Jerusalem before me…
Hebrew Stirring
byWalk past my lips into my lungs through my veins into my soul, where letters howl behind a locked fence, ivy and wildflowers sneaking…
Skies of Fire
byLike thunder rumbling in the earth The land quaked and shivered Lying dormant for a time Until the dam broke And expelled the fire…
Towards the Mountains
byI call to you now I call from the straits, I’ve been sent here to tell you Your fortune awaits In the root and…
Spread Upon Me a Canopy of Peace
byLife is keeping me in the wild, unsheltered by bricks and stone, unprotected by sukkah walls, a victim to the elements and city noise,…
The Day After Yom Kippur
byNow I know what it’s like To have Him sitting in front of me Breathing my air Seeing my thoughts I can’t hide a…
I Long for the Day
byI long for the day When hand and heart and tongue and all things between Align themselves to the tune That plays in the…
The Path to Salvation
byThe path to salvation Is paved with a thousand stones Carried by a thousand men Shaped by experience Who struggle to make the pieces…