In the pea patch gardens
blossoms tilt. Dahlias,
statice, sunflower,
the brightest things
hang like smoke over a bog.
I walk my dysphoria
on a leash,
notice that poplars
etch a cobalt sky.
Ferns are zinc and don’t love
the wetness they contain.
Copper has a taste
when I bite my pennies.
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We do not actually sing the melody exactly as Tanchum wrote it.
There is room for every Jew. No one should be dismissed because his or her gifts have not yet become visible. No one should conclude that his or her contribution does not matter.
This is how we honor the memory of our ancestors, elevate our children, and fulfill our mission to heal the world
If Bibi is unable to persuade enough Israelis to his side on the Haredi or West Bank settlements, he is the unparalleled master at rallying his country to stand together against their enemies.
While the atrocity of Oct. 7 is viscerally lodged in my memory, there is one thing I’ve been trying very hard to forget.
Three generations. Two continents. One Brit connecting them all.
Where and how did we end up with all these truly idiotic, morally obtuse celebrity Jews? Did none of them go to college, or is it that they didn’t know how to stand up to their antisemitic, Islamist professors?
The two settings at the center of Sukkot could not be more different: the barren desert and the overflowing harvest.
No matter how loud and how long and how often and how eagerly they have screamed, all they see are stubborn Jews who just keep going, Jews who can’t be stopped.
The 43-year-old drew the hateful symbols and then gave a Nazi salute, which was captured on surveillance videos.
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
Moral cannibalism demands something more than enforcing the boundaries of a group. The accused must participate in their own demise: confess, apologize, accept the indictment, and surrender the part of themselves the group has condemned
Sukkot asks us to receive the harvest that has actually come in—not the one we imagined or wished for.
These are the seven guests, ushpizot, invited to our Sukkah –
Who a society calls a hero is not a minor detail; it’s close to the whole diagnosis.
Jewish members are describing antisemitism within CFA itself as the union presses to weaken protections born of the post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism crisis.
The sukkah reminds us to go out into the world, especially when the comforts of insularity beckon us closer—to explore paths we have yet to take and seek journeys ready for wandering.
