Beshert: Stories of Connection in a Universe of Love
There are many terms for encounters that were meant to be, but none quite as evocative as the Yiddish word beshert.
There are many terms for encounters that were meant to be, but none quite as evocative as the Yiddish word beshert.
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Said to be on the back of a photo found in a German soldier’s album, these words have attached themselves to the image itself.
Munich in the years following World War I was a nasty, bloody microcosm of the political catastrophes in Europe that preceded and followed Germany’s defeat in that war.
The time is summer, 1960; the place, Washington, DC; the protagonist, 16-year-old Carl Bernstein on his way to buy a suit for a job interview as a copy boy at the Evening Star, the city’s major afternoon paper at that time.
A whole generation has gone through the Jewish life cycle with Anita Diamant.
That’s how Abraham resolves his dispute with Lot over grazing lands: “If you head left, I’ll head right. If you head right, I’ll go left” (Genesis 13:9).
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Barbara Goldberg’s poetry has always displayed an insatiable appetite for grief and desire.
Abortion bans are predicated on assumptions about when life begins that have specific Christian theological assumptions baked into them.