In my hands I lift
the goblet of red wine
in the middle of a field
up toward the sky
and bless the red strength
that flames
like a torch
in dark
bony hands.
“In My Hands” is translated by Sarah Traister Moskovitz. The poem is from the Ringelblum Archives and appears in poetryinhell.org.
Simkha Shayevitch died 1944 in Auschwitz of typhoid. He was one of the best-known poets in the Lodz Ghetto and his poetry was popular throughout Jewish Poland.
I’m a rule follower. So when the Book says find an unblemished red cow that’s all I want to do.
For a people obsessed with fixing problems, it’s disheartening to think that our tireless efforts at diagnosing and understanding the biggest threats against Jews are not making a difference.
No matter if we assign ourselves the title of leader, we each lead in some respect, whether it’s leading as a parent, a supervisor, a friend, or a member of our neighborhoods.
In our newly-released e-book, we express our gratitude again and again and again, for big ideas and small touches.
What a gangbuster quarter millennium of a résumé America has assembled. Much to be proud of, and, yet… far too few Americans are lining up to blow out the candles.
Today, with several of her grandsons serving in the IDF, she believes there is no other place she would rather be.
This recipe is traditional and personal at the same time, which feels fitting.
These delicious red, white and blue dairy desserts make it worth going parve for your Independence Day barbecue or picnic.
Brooks has spent his career making large targets look small: Nazis, tyrants, bigots, Hollywood annoyances, studio logic, bad taste, good taste and, now, age.
America’s housing crisis demands more than incremental turns. By doubling capital gains relief and launching the T.E.A.C.H. Homes Program, policymakers can inject immediate momentum into a market desperately needing it.
The DSA has shown that being anti-Israel, even if a candidate lacks experience, is enough to win.
Today, for Americans and Jews, the Battle of Little Big Horn has relevance and resonance.
The greater the expectation, the sharper the disappointment.
As always, we each have the power to choose to listen, to learn, and to grow, or we can shut our ears to that still, small voice. Are you listening? Are you willing? Are you here?
If Israel can help ensure that the enriched uranium leaves Iran, and if it can use this moment to push Iran and its money out of Lebanon, then a damaging agreement can still be turned into a strategic opening.
The work, the ancient, urgent, irreplaceable work of Jewish community, is the answer. Not as retreat. Not as consolation. But as the most powerful response available to us.
I was born Jewish, but I chose Judaism in the sense that I came to understand what Judaism represents, how it gives meaning and purpose to my life and how important it is for the world.
