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…
Culture
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
byTo Jerusalem And I know, Oh breath behind the wind, You know that I call to her Cry to her, grin at the curves…
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 seemingly conflicting ideologies.
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…
From the Field
byI’ve seen your eyes in the desert Glimpsing dusted moments from between those two rocks, embracing from eternity to now I’ve seen your smile…