adminIn the eighteenth century, laws were passed requiring Eastern European Jews to adopt non-Jewish names; but no record exists of the sale of these names […]
Month: November 2025
Barbara Krasner – Four Poems
Hatikvah: In Praise of Those Who Persevere Hatikvah. The song I learned during Friday night services at Camp Nah-Jee-Wah in the amphitheater overlooking the lake […]
Lena Solomon – ‘Berlin, October 7, 2025’
On October 7, I walked in Berlin between the walls, of the monument of death, a memory bound in the bond of life, with the […]
Alon Taïeb-Toper – ‘Hrymilivka’
“I just don’t understand why they have to dig up these ugly memories,” said Halyna, not taking her eyes off the carnation garland she was […]
Patty Seybourn – Six Poems
What Hath God Wrought! A girl thought these words should be the first dotted and dashed onto paper letters reduced to two gestures, […]
Jessie Atkin – ‘Supermarket Success Story’
“It’s like museum temperature in here. Cold just to keep people awake.” I looked at my cousin. “I think it has more to do with […]
Alisha Goldblatt – Three Poems
Woman of Valor Absolute bravery is the blood from the womb, red gemstone beating in the heart of her spouse. She soldiers on. Corseted […]
P. David Hornik – Three Poems
Morning Bus from Be’er Sheva to Jerusalem In deep predawn lull at the bus stop, you can’t see those you glance at. Dark is king. […]