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.
What could our lives look like if we embraced the infinitesimal as infinite?
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
Does the company we keep enable our name to be a blessing? Are we doing enough to make our name as great as God intends?
Three years after Oct. 7, a country trying to heal is still waiting for a full accounting of what went wrong.
Second of two parts
“These women were pivotal to both the process and the outcome of the trial. Yet they were marginalized on many occasions, literally reduced to footnotes.“
This Hamin Toscano recipe reminded us of a Tuscan wedding soup.
Three years after Oct. 7, Israel is still waiting for a full accounting of what went wrong.
Selznick saw his idol David Bowie perform live when he was 15 and made up his mind that he wanted to create a show of his own and work with Bowie.
“The Social Reckoning” isn’t about a power struggle, but shows that powerful companies are reluctant to change unless there is pain.
In his article about his proposals for the Democratic Socialists of America, he jokes that “The DSA has great respect for religious traditions.”
Memory is the mother of gratitude. If we do not remember our past, it is difficult to improve our present or build a better future.
What began as a personal exploration of Judaism eventually became intertwined with Broukhim’s professional life.
It’s worth paying attention to what is – or isn’t – happening to our “large” parties. They are quite small, or at least that’s how they appear in the polls even as Election Day draws near.
We need not know where every decision will lead before taking the first step. Sometimes acting upon our deepest convictions is itself the beginning of wisdom.
New opportunities and challenges have always come and gone. But pulpit clergy with their years of training, education and perspective on life, generated from atop the pulpit, are especially well suited for whatever lies ahead.
Anyone who votes, or leads, would be wise to study the story of Abraham and David.
