This fallen child, whose empty eyes
mourning could not harmonize,
nor the reaching requiem
contain the wood enclosing him
slips from the circled reach of eyes
without a jolt, without surprise,
whose stuttered step has stumbled in
to words that now embroider him.
Published in Blue Unicorn magazine.
George Ellenbogen is the author of five collections of poetry and a memoir, “Stone in My Shoe: In Search of Neighborhood.”
I just returned from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin where I was surrounded by a choir of angels …
An angel doesn’t only encourage a blade of grass to rise.
Not every young man is destined to become a great Torah scholar. And pretending otherwise harms both the individual and the community.
NewsNation host Batya Ungar-Sargon talks about her new book, “The Jews and The Left,” her rift with Megyn Kelly and why antisemitism has spread like wildfire in America.
The entire toy industry in America was largely Jewish, from the company founders and executives to the designers and factory workers, from the wholesale distributors and the army of salesmen, to the retail outlets and the large department stores that sold them.
The Museum of the City of New York welcomed “The Roastmaster General” along with Katz’s Deli owner Jake Dell for a meaty talk on the Jewish deli’s legacy.
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
Alongside cultural outreach, the Ministry is also focusing on investors and infrastructure. Itzhakov said Israel is actively encouraging tourism-related investment through targeted meetings and investor conferences.
He said he hopes to raise awareness of what Israel is facing, and to share what he endured during two years of captivity.
This creamy, saucy pasta is a perfect way to showcase the delicate green vegetables of spring — fresh asparagus, green peas and fava beans.
It’s a reminder to embrace the joy of herbs and spices, while exploring and creating new recipes.
NewsNation host Batya Ungar-Sargon talks about her new book, “The Jews and The Left,” her rift with Megyn Kelly and why antisemitism has spread like wildfire in America.
The expanded campus will include multiple pavilions where visitors can explore the full arc of Holocaust history: the world that existed before, the horrors that unfolded during and the lasting consequences that continue to shape the present.
Historically, Jews have been accused of controlling politics, the banks and the media. I haven’t read yet that they control the weather, but that wouldn’t be any more bizarre than the other charges.
Once a society begins treating Jewish fear and/or pain as inherently dishonest, Jewish trauma as inherently political, or Jewish victimhood as uniquely undeserving of empathy, it creates a moral exception around Jews.
When we fall short — as individuals, as a people, whether everyday Jews or the Prime Minister himself — we must have the courage to face it honestly, call it what it is, and do better.
How should we approach prayer for an end-stage dying patient, for whom medical professionals predict no chance of recovery?
