This is the year a people can feel small, tiny portion
among American dreamers. You’d never know from
television’s array of personalities—so few Jews
among the mountains of New England, and fewer
in Montana. By percentage.
among American dreamers. You’d never know from
television’s array of personalities—so few Jews
among the mountains of New England, and fewer
in Montana. By percentage.
Which is a reason to seek some synagogue
packed with celebration and prayer. Be one of many,
feel temporarily ordinary. Familiar melodies
old phrases and welcoming faces. It’s the Jewish
new year. Praise these days.
packed with celebration and prayer. Be one of many,
feel temporarily ordinary. Familiar melodies
old phrases and welcoming faces. It’s the Jewish
new year. Praise these days.
Yet at home or shulSynagogue (Yiddish), alone or crowded,
questions seep into the air as if PassoverPassover is a major Jewish holiday that commemorates the Jewish people's liberation from slavery and Exodus from Egypt. Its Hebrew name is Pesakh. Its name derives from the tenth plague, in which God "passed over" the homes of the Jewish firstborn, slaying only the Egyptian firstborn. Passover is celebrated for a week, and many diaspora Jews celebrate for eight days. The holiday begins at home at a seder meal and ritual the first (and sometimes second) night. Jews tell the story of the Exodus using a text called the haggadah, and eat specific food (matzah, maror, haroset, etc). poked tendrils
of insistent vines through the prayer book. Who
died in IsraelLit. ''the one who struggles with God.'' Israel means many things. It is first used with reference to Jacob, whose name is changed to Israel (Genesis 32:29), the one who struggles with God. Jacob's children, the Jewish people, become B'nai Israel, the children of Israel. The name also refers to the land of Israel and the State of Israel. last night? Who sent bombs flying,
stars exploding? When?
questions seep into the air as if PassoverPassover is a major Jewish holiday that commemorates the Jewish people's liberation from slavery and Exodus from Egypt. Its Hebrew name is Pesakh. Its name derives from the tenth plague, in which God "passed over" the homes of the Jewish firstborn, slaying only the Egyptian firstborn. Passover is celebrated for a week, and many diaspora Jews celebrate for eight days. The holiday begins at home at a seder meal and ritual the first (and sometimes second) night. Jews tell the story of the Exodus using a text called the haggadah, and eat specific food (matzah, maror, haroset, etc). poked tendrils
of insistent vines through the prayer book. Who
died in IsraelLit. ''the one who struggles with God.'' Israel means many things. It is first used with reference to Jacob, whose name is changed to Israel (Genesis 32:29), the one who struggles with God. Jacob's children, the Jewish people, become B'nai Israel, the children of Israel. The name also refers to the land of Israel and the State of Israel. last night? Who sent bombs flying,
stars exploding? When?
Will peace ever walk those sere hills again? Cousins
bearing babies in Tel Aviv. An aunt buried where
it’s not safe to visit. Who took passage to America,
those great-grandfathers, then sent silver dollars
to plant trees in Israel?
bearing babies in Tel Aviv. An aunt buried where
it’s not safe to visit. Who took passage to America,
those great-grandfathers, then sent silver dollars
to plant trees in Israel?
This is the year the answers can’t be simple, won’t come
quickly. This is the season of harvest, seed-bent grasses,
death among sorrowful nations, upon worn roads,
beside the river Jordan. Along the Red Sea and
floating on Kinneret:
quickly. This is the season of harvest, seed-bent grasses,
death among sorrowful nations, upon worn roads,
beside the river Jordan. Along the Red Sea and
floating on Kinneret:
yes, the Sea of Galilee. Keep asking.
Art: The West Wall. Sculpture by Chick Schwartz
