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Photo of Nir Maman I live in Canada, many miles away from Israel and Gaza. I am a committed Jew however, ensconced in thought everyday about my fellow Jews fighting a war for our people. I’m
I’m not brave. I have never offered to check if there’s a burglar or terrorist outside in our garden when the dog growls and barks at night. I take a tranquillizer before I visit
You don’t care when our soldiers are killed.You don’t care when our elderly are murdered.You don’t care when our women are raped.You don’t care when our men are brutally slaughtered.You don’t care when our children are
Before that day we were wholeRejoicing in life’s small pleasuresOblivious to the shadows encroaching.Killers came, prepared with the blackest of soulsEvil came to our door – to break us. AndNow we see the purest of hate
for Franck Salameh The poets of Hamas bemoan the death of one of their own. Villanelles and sonnets deny that men from Gaza violated Jewish girls time and again, in gangs, with rabid zeal. They call
My brain on Day 16 of war. I need frozen broccoli and I should go say ten chapters of Tehillim (Psalms). The laundry basket is overflowing and the images of burned bodies I accidentally saw on social media are seared
Simchat Torah is every Jewish person’s favorite holiday, you can’t convince me otherwise. Feasts that would put the Beauty and the Beast’s feast to shame, uncoordinated dances in synagogues and living up to true joy. It’s
We had our first siren this morning. We live 80 miles from Gaza, but the “boom” from our fortified room in the basement was unmistakable. They don’t tell us where the missiles fall for security reasons,
But all I can think is, “They broke their legs.” As I drink my tea, the sun is rising in a breathtaking flourish of colours, But all I can think is, “They broke their legs.” As
They say the night is darkest before dawn. It certainly is very dark right now. I pray that dawn is coming soon. It better be. Because the darkness is bleak, palpable, encompassing. As I write