With each report…of sirens…rockets…terror… My heart constricts…shrinks…and trembles… And I try…to be strong…to be fierce…to believe… That this land…our land…my land… Is protected…by a power…an Almighty… Who is determined…to let us…prevail… And as these thoughts…float through my head… They meet another train…of wandering words… That say…that it sounds…eerily similar…to the rhetoric…they use. And I am … Continue reading STOP…In The Name Of God
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Jonathan Pollard and a Coloring Book
We’re going to the US in two weeks. It’s a big trip. It’s a huge trip. We haven’t been there for three years and when we left last time we were a family of three. When we went to get our son’s Report of Birth at the US embassy the consular clapped as she declared … Continue reading Jonathan Pollard and a Coloring Book
I Just Wanted You To Know
Elohim sheli, ratziti sheted’a Chalom shechalamti balayila bamitah (My God - I wanted you to know, the dream I dreamt at night in bed) She sings her favorite song on the swings…in the sand…on the bus…and … Continue reading I Just Wanted You To Know
So Your Son Married a Zionist
Just don’t become a Zionist. He said it with a slight measure of concern. My husband and I laughed about it. We know they’re afraid we’ve completely lost it…we know they don’t like the path we’re on. Where he comes from the word ‘Zionist’ is dirty. It means cutting off peyot and slipping pork into … Continue reading So Your Son Married a Zionist
V’Ani…Im Gilad…
I watch you….broken….crushed…as you pick up the pieces…of your shattered dreams…and silent hopes…and face the future. With courage, you stand…at attention…saluting the world…although they had forgotten you…and you walk on…erect…tall…giant. Together…as a nation…we faced the difficulties…of wrenching feelings…of right and wrong…of good and bad…while you sat…isolated. Together…we cried…for you…for those who were lost…for those who … Continue reading V’Ani…Im Gilad…
Colloquially Speaking 