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Half-Baked Prayer (So Far, So Near)

Because I still have an oven, I can bake bread and knock on the crust: a hostage might answer.Because yeast is alive for a short time,embroider my name in your handmade world. Oh long reams of sheets on the ironing board, I … Continue reading

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Israel Past. Present. Future.

  PAST I hadn’t been expecting such a moving encounter with this old Israeli cemetery. On a hill in the backcountry near Ma’alot, in the dry winds, the present was quiet, but the past was talking. Inside the gate was … Continue reading

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