Struggle on the Steppes
Ruzena Berler first began to write about her experiences in the late 1940s, to exorcise her recurring nightmares about the war.
Ruzena Berler first began to write about her experiences in the late 1940s, to exorcise her recurring nightmares about the war.
The blind boy, who agrees to talk so long as I don\’t identify him, is one of a floating population of 100-150 homeless, English-speaking teenagers living rough around Zion Square in the center of town: the unsung failures of aliyah and Jewish studies tours.
A month ago, I gave birth to our first child, a little girl with a full head of dark hair and almond eyes. Since then I have spent countless hours struggling with the question: Whom do I serve?
According to the synagogue\’s rabbi, Daniel Bouskila, the idea of Cafe Olam is to \”create an environment that\’s different than a synagogue or lecture series, a place where people intimidated by religion will feel comfortable.