Poem | A Visitor in Herzliya
Many Jews arrive in Israel for the first time and experience a shock of recognition, as if the land and its history, both ancient and contemporary, were their own.
Many Jews arrive in Israel for the first time and experience a shock of recognition, as if the land and its history, both ancient and contemporary, were their own.
The ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract that dates back to Talmudic times, is an object of ritual beauty.
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.
In many Jewish homes, lighting candles at dusk marks a shift to sacred time, the moment when the Sabbath starts—or a holiday, a yahrzeit.
First speech is the speech of love.
I have been the first person awake in my house every morning of my life.