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  1. Dedushka, or: Saba

    A ‘Garland’ Shadorma

    oldest child
    born in poverty
    raised at a
    children's home
    because his parents couldn't
    afford to feed him

    hunger pangs
    caught with potatoes
    left behind
    on the field
    shipped off to fight the Nazis
    without a weapon

    at the front
    fell in a meat wave
    stabbed at war
    through the calf
    by Germans probing corpses
    crawled back through the night

    taught himself
    how to speak Russian
    for college
    self-made man
    became the chief engineer
    at a major plant

    in Vilnius
    under Soviets
    my Saba
    a proud Yid
    hired Refusenik engineers
    fired for Jewish souls

    gave up his
    party membership
    cursed the damned
    Communists
    for antisemitism—and
    moved to Israel

    oldest child
    caught with potatoes
    stabbed at war
    self-made man
    hired Refusenik engineers
    moved to Israel

    ‘Garland’ Shadorma?

    The ‘Garland’ Shadorma was created by Sylvia Cognac, modeled after the ‘Garland’ Cinquain. Essentially, it is a Shadorma series of seven stanzas, with the seventh and final stanza being composed of lines from all six previous stanzas.

    Tanka Tuesday

    For Tanka Tuesday, Robbie encourages us to compose syllabic poems that includes a story. My above shadorma is about my grandfather (saba).

    My grandfather grew up very poor, was forced to fight the Nazis in World War II without a weapon, and was badly wounded; but he survived and taught himself Russian so he could become a top engineer in Soviet Lithuania.

    Even when the government threatened him, he kept hiring Jewish engineers who were punished for applying for exit visas to Israel. In the end, he gave up his cursed the antisemitism around him, Communist Party membership, and moved with his family to Israel.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Aliyah #Family #Grandfather #History #Israel #Jewish #JewishHistory #Poem #Poetry #Shadorma #SovietJewry
  2. Dedushka, or: Saba

    A ‘Garland’ Shadorma

    oldest child
    born in poverty
    raised at a
    children's home
    because his parents couldn't
    afford to feed him

    hunger pangs
    caught with potatoes
    left behind
    on the field
    shipped off to fight the Nazis
    without a weapon

    at the front
    fell in a meat wave
    stabbed at war
    through the calf
    by Germans probing corpses
    crawled back through the night

    taught himself
    how to speak Russian
    for college
    self-made man
    became the chief engineer
    at a major plant

    in Vilnius
    under Soviets
    my Saba
    a proud Yid
    hired Refusenik engineers
    fired for Jewish souls

    gave up his
    party membership
    cursed the damned
    Communists
    for antisemitism—and
    moved to Israel

    oldest child
    caught with potatoes
    stabbed at war
    self-made man
    hired Refusenik engineers
    moved to Israel

    ‘Garland’ Shadorma?

    The ‘Garland’ Shadorma was created by Sylvia Cognac, modeled after the ‘Garland’ Cinquain. Essentially, it is a Shadorma series of seven stanzas, with the seventh and final stanza being composed of lines from all six previous stanzas.

    Tanka Tuesday

    For Tanka Tuesday, Robbie encourages us to compose syllabic poems that includes a story. My above shadorma is about my grandfather (saba).

    My grandfather grew up very poor, was forced to fight the Nazis in World War II without a weapon, and was badly wounded; but he survived and taught himself Russian so he could become a top engineer in Soviet Lithuania.

    Even when the government threatened him, he kept hiring Jewish engineers who were punished for applying for exit visas to Israel. In the end, he gave up his cursed the antisemitism around him, Communist Party membership, and moved with his family to Israel.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Aliyah #Family #Grandfather #History #Israel #Jewish #JewishHistory #Poem #Poetry #Shadorma #SovietJewry
  3. Dedushka, or: Saba

    A ‘Garland’ Shadorma

    oldest child
    born in poverty
    raised at a
    children's home
    because his parents couldn't
    afford to feed him

    hunger pangs
    caught with potatoes
    left behind
    on the field
    shipped off to fight the Nazis
    without a weapon

    at the front
    fell in a meat wave
    stabbed at war
    through the calf
    by Germans probing corpses
    crawled back through the night

    taught himself
    how to speak Russian
    for college
    self-made man
    became the chief engineer
    at a major plant

    in Vilnius
    under Soviets
    my Saba
    a proud Yid
    hired Refusenik engineers
    fired for Jewish souls

    gave up his
    party membership
    cursed the damned
    Communists
    for antisemitism—and
    moved to Israel

    oldest child
    caught with potatoes
    stabbed at war
    self-made man
    hired Refusenik engineers
    moved to Israel

    ‘Garland’ Shadorma?

    The ‘Garland’ Shadorma was created by Sylvia Cognac, modeled after the ‘Garland’ Cinquain. Essentially, it is a Shadorma series of seven stanzas, with the seventh and final stanza being composed of lines from all six previous stanzas.

    Tanka Tuesday

    For Tanka Tuesday, Robbie encourages us to compose syllabic poems that includes a story. My above shadorma is about my grandfather (saba).

    My grandfather grew up very poor, was forced to fight the Nazis in World War II without a weapon, and was badly wounded; but he survived and taught himself Russian so he could become a top engineer in Soviet Lithuania.

    Even when the government threatened him, he kept hiring Jewish engineers who were punished for applying for exit visas to Israel. In the end, he gave up his cursed the antisemitism around him, Communist Party membership, and moved with his family to Israel.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Aliyah #Family #Grandfather #History #Israel #Jewish #JewishHistory #Poem #Poetry #Shadorma #SovietJewry
  4. Dedushka, or: Saba

    A ‘Garland’ Shadorma

    oldest child
    born in poverty
    raised at a
    children's home
    because his parents couldn't
    afford to feed him

    hunger pangs
    caught with potatoes
    left behind
    on the field
    shipped off to fight the Nazis
    without a weapon

    at the front
    fell in a meat wave
    stabbed at war
    through the calf
    by Germans probing corpses
    crawled back through the night

    taught himself
    how to speak Russian
    for college
    self-made man
    became the chief engineer
    at a major plant

    in Vilnius
    under Soviets
    my Saba
    a proud Yid
    hired Refusenik engineers
    fired for Jewish souls

    gave up his
    party membership
    cursed the damned
    Communists
    for antisemitism—and
    moved to Israel

    oldest child
    caught with potatoes
    stabbed at war
    self-made man
    hired Refusenik engineers
    moved to Israel

    ‘Garland’ Shadorma?

    The ‘Garland’ Shadorma was created by Sylvia Cognac, modeled after the ‘Garland’ Cinquain. Essentially, it is a Shadorma series of seven stanzas, with the seventh and final stanza being composed of lines from all six previous stanzas.

    Tanka Tuesday

    For Tanka Tuesday, Robbie encourages us to compose syllabic poems that includes a story. My above shadorma is about my grandfather (saba).

    My grandfather grew up very poor, was forced to fight the Nazis in World War II without a weapon, and was badly wounded; but he survived and taught himself Russian so he could become a top engineer in Soviet Lithuania.

    Even when the government threatened him, he kept hiring Jewish engineers who were punished for applying for exit visas to Israel. In the end, he gave up his cursed the antisemitism around him, Communist Party membership, and moved with his family to Israel.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Aliyah #Family #Grandfather #History #Israel #Jewish #JewishHistory #Poem #Poetry #Shadorma #SovietJewry
  5. Dedushka, or: Saba

    A ‘Garland’ Shadorma

    oldest child
    born in poverty
    raised at a
    children's home
    because his parents couldn't
    afford to feed him

    hunger pangs
    caught with potatoes
    left behind
    on the field
    shipped off to fight the Nazis
    without a weapon

    at the front
    fell in a meat wave
    stabbed at war
    through the calf
    by Germans probing corpses
    crawled back through the night

    taught himself
    how to speak Russian
    for college
    self-made man
    became the chief engineer
    at a major plant

    in Vilnius
    under Soviets
    my Saba
    a proud Yid
    hired Refusenik engineers
    fired for Jewish souls

    gave up his
    party membership
    cursed the damned
    Communists
    for antisemitism—and
    moved to Israel

    oldest child
    caught with potatoes
    stabbed at war
    self-made man
    hired Refusenik engineers
    moved to Israel

    ‘Garland’ Shadorma?

    The ‘Garland’ Shadorma was created by Sylvia Cognac, modeled after the ‘Garland’ Cinquain. Essentially, it is a Shadorma series of seven stanzas, with the seventh and final stanza being composed of lines from all six previous stanzas.

    Tanka Tuesday

    For Tanka Tuesday, Robbie encourages us to compose syllabic poems that includes a story. My above shadorma is about my grandfather (saba).

    My grandfather grew up very poor, was forced to fight the Nazis in World War II without a weapon, and was badly wounded; but he survived and taught himself Russian so he could become a top engineer in Soviet Lithuania.

    Even when the government threatened him, he kept hiring Jewish engineers who were punished for applying for exit visas to Israel. In the end, he gave up his cursed the antisemitism around him, Communist Party membership, and moved with his family to Israel.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Aliyah #Family #Grandfather #History #Israel #Jewish #JewishHistory #Poem #Poetry #Shadorma #SovietJewry
  6. Jerusalem mourns Shulamit Newman, its cherished ‘Golden Girl’

    Shulamit Newman – in Hebrew, Ne’eman (“faithful”) – was a Jerusalem icon, a fixture synonymous with the City…
    #Israel #News #aliyah #independenceday #jerusalem #remembranceday
    europesays.com/2979131/

  7. europesays.com/iran/106329/ ‘Are You OK Raising Thai or American Children?’: Why These ÉMigrés Are Choosing to Return to Israel #Aliyah #Israel #IsraeliPolitics #JewishDiaspora

  8. Making aliyah in wartime: Dr. Emily Steier’s fourth-generation calling

    For Dr. Emily Steier, a fourth-generation medical professional who made aliyah to Jerusalem in 2023 following Oct. 7,…
    #Israel #News #aliyah #iranisraelwar #iranmissiles #jerusalem #olim #war
    europesays.com/2977684/

  9. Scattered tongues, or: If I forget thee

    A ‘Garland’ Shadorma

    midnight flights 
    cracked heels crossed Sudan 
    mothers prayed 
    stars concealed 
    trembling elders kissed the ground
    Zion after storms
    
    eagles’ wings
    sea salt and deserts
    Aden called
    sandstorms passed
    old caravan hymns endured
    the sky roads opened
    
    ash-choked trains
    numbered arms recalled
    exiles rose
    ships arrived
    displaced children spoke again
    names returned ashore
    
    Tigris dusk
    courtyard lamps faded
    passports stamped
    children borne
    tears by Babylon’s waters
    locked homes gathered dust
    
    winter queues
    visa refusals
    gray buildings
    mouthed Hebrew
    each scattered tongue remembers
    snow melted slowly
    
    banks collapsed
    Buenos Aires mourned
    glass shattered
    sirens wailed
    Spanish carried Sabbath songs
    our Jerusalem
    
    midnight flights
    sea salt and deserts
    exiles rose
    children borne
    each scattered tongue remembers
    our Jerusalem

    ‘Garland’ Shadorma?

    The ‘Garland’ Shadorma was created by Sylvia Cognac, modeled after the ‘Garland’ Cinquain. Essentially, it is a Shadorma series of seven stanzas, with the seventh and final stanza being composed of lines from all six previous stanzas.

    Tanka Tuesday

    For Tanka Tuesday, Yvette encourages us to compose resilience-themed syllabic poems. My above shadorma is about the resilience of Jews from around the world who repatriated to our ancient homeland under difficult and often dangerous circumstances.

    The first stanza is about Ethiopian Jews who crossed Sudan and were flown to Israel in secret rescue missions. The second stanza is about Yemenite Jews who traveled through deserts and through Aden before flying to Israel. The third stanza is about Holocaust survivors who came to Israel after surviving Nazi camps and war.

    The fourth stanza is about Iraqi Jews who were forced to leave behind their ancient homes and communities in Babylon and Iraq. The fifth stanza is about Soviet Jews who kept Jewish identity and Hebrew alive even when the Soviet Union tried to suppress it. The sixth stanza is about Argentine Jews facing terror attacks and economic collapse while still carrying Jewish traditions with them.

    The final stanza brings all the journeys together into one shared story of exile, survival, memory, and return to Jerusalem.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Aliyah #Diaspora #Exile #History #Israel #Jewish #JewishHistory #Poem #Poetry #Resilience #Shadorma
  10. Scattered tongues, or: If I forget thee

    A ‘Garland’ Shadorma

    midnight flights 
    cracked heels crossed Sudan 
    mothers prayed 
    stars concealed 
    trembling elders kissed the ground
    Zion after storms
    
    eagles’ wings
    sea salt and deserts
    Aden called
    sandstorms passed
    old caravan hymns endured
    the sky roads opened
    
    ash-choked trains
    numbered arms recalled
    exiles rose
    ships arrived
    displaced children spoke again
    names returned ashore
    
    Tigris dusk
    courtyard lamps faded
    passports stamped
    children borne
    tears by Babylon’s waters
    locked homes gathered dust
    
    winter queues
    visa refusals
    gray buildings
    mouthed Hebrew
    each scattered tongue remembers
    snow melted slowly
    
    banks collapsed
    Buenos Aires mourned
    glass shattered
    sirens wailed
    Spanish carried Sabbath songs
    our Jerusalem
    
    midnight flights
    sea salt and deserts
    exiles rose
    children borne
    each scattered tongue remembers
    our Jerusalem

    ‘Garland’ Shadorma?

    The ‘Garland’ Shadorma was created by Sylvia Cognac, modeled after the ‘Garland’ Cinquain. Essentially, it is a Shadorma series of seven stanzas, with the seventh and final stanza being composed of lines from all six previous stanzas.

    Tanka Tuesday

    For Tanka Tuesday, Yvette encourages us to compose resilience-themed syllabic poems. My above shadorma is about the resilience of Jews from around the world who repatriated to our ancient homeland under difficult and often dangerous circumstances.

    The first stanza is about Ethiopian Jews who crossed Sudan and were flown to Israel in secret rescue missions. The second stanza is about Yemenite Jews who traveled through deserts and through Aden before flying to Israel. The third stanza is about Holocaust survivors who came to Israel after surviving Nazi camps and war.

    The fourth stanza is about Iraqi Jews who were forced to leave behind their ancient homes and communities in Babylon and Iraq. The fifth stanza is about Soviet Jews who kept Jewish identity and Hebrew alive even when the Soviet Union tried to suppress it. The sixth stanza is about Argentine Jews facing terror attacks and economic collapse while still carrying Jewish traditions with them.

    The final stanza brings all the journeys together into one shared story of exile, survival, memory, and return to Jerusalem.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Aliyah #Diaspora #Exile #History #Israel #Jewish #JewishHistory #Poem #Poetry #Resilience #Shadorma
  11. Scattered tongues, or: If I forget thee

    A ‘Garland’ Shadorma

    midnight flights 
    cracked heels crossed Sudan 
    mothers prayed 
    stars concealed 
    trembling elders kissed the ground
    Zion after storms
    
    eagles’ wings
    sea salt and deserts
    Aden called
    sandstorms passed
    old caravan hymns endured
    the sky roads opened
    
    ash-choked trains
    numbered arms recalled
    exiles rose
    ships arrived
    displaced children spoke again
    names returned ashore
    
    Tigris dusk
    courtyard lamps faded
    passports stamped
    children borne
    tears by Babylon’s waters
    locked homes gathered dust
    
    winter queues
    visa refusals
    gray buildings
    mouthed Hebrew
    each scattered tongue remembers
    snow melted slowly
    
    banks collapsed
    Buenos Aires mourned
    glass shattered
    sirens wailed
    Spanish carried Sabbath songs
    our Jerusalem
    
    midnight flights
    sea salt and deserts
    exiles rose
    children borne
    each scattered tongue remembers
    our Jerusalem

    ‘Garland’ Shadorma?

    The ‘Garland’ Shadorma was created by Sylvia Cognac, modeled after the ‘Garland’ Cinquain. Essentially, it is a Shadorma series of seven stanzas, with the seventh and final stanza being composed of lines from all six previous stanzas.

    Tanka Tuesday

    For Tanka Tuesday, Yvette encourages us to compose resilience-themed syllabic poems. My above shadorma is about the resilience of Jews from around the world who repatriated to our ancient homeland under difficult and often dangerous circumstances.

    The first stanza is about Ethiopian Jews who crossed Sudan and were flown to Israel in secret rescue missions. The second stanza is about Yemenite Jews who traveled through deserts and through Aden before flying to Israel. The third stanza is about Holocaust survivors who came to Israel after surviving Nazi camps and war.

    The fourth stanza is about Iraqi Jews who were forced to leave behind their ancient homes and communities in Babylon and Iraq. The fifth stanza is about Soviet Jews who kept Jewish identity and Hebrew alive even when the Soviet Union tried to suppress it. The sixth stanza is about Argentine Jews facing terror attacks and economic collapse while still carrying Jewish traditions with them.

    The final stanza brings all the journeys together into one shared story of exile, survival, memory, and return to Jerusalem.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Aliyah #Diaspora #Exile #History #Israel #Jewish #JewishHistory #Poem #Poetry #Resilience #Shadorma
  12. Scattered tongues, or: If I forget thee

    A ‘Garland’ Shadorma

    midnight flights 
    cracked heels crossed Sudan 
    mothers prayed 
    stars concealed 
    trembling elders kissed the ground
    Zion after storms
    
    eagles’ wings
    sea salt and deserts
    Aden called
    sandstorms passed
    old caravan hymns endured
    the sky roads opened
    
    ash-choked trains
    numbered arms recalled
    exiles rose
    ships arrived
    displaced children spoke again
    names returned ashore
    
    Tigris dusk
    courtyard lamps faded
    passports stamped
    children borne
    tears by Babylon’s waters
    locked homes gathered dust
    
    winter queues
    visa refusals
    gray buildings
    mouthed Hebrew
    each scattered tongue remembers
    snow melted slowly
    
    banks collapsed
    Buenos Aires mourned
    glass shattered
    sirens wailed
    Spanish carried Sabbath songs
    our Jerusalem
    
    midnight flights
    sea salt and deserts
    exiles rose
    children borne
    each scattered tongue remembers
    our Jerusalem

    ‘Garland’ Shadorma?

    The ‘Garland’ Shadorma was created by Sylvia Cognac, modeled after the ‘Garland’ Cinquain. Essentially, it is a Shadorma series of seven stanzas, with the seventh and final stanza being composed of lines from all six previous stanzas.

    Tanka Tuesday

    For Tanka Tuesday, Yvette encourages us to compose resilience-themed syllabic poems. My above shadorma is about the resilience of Jews from around the world who repatriated to our ancient homeland under difficult and often dangerous circumstances.

    The first stanza is about Ethiopian Jews who crossed Sudan and were flown to Israel in secret rescue missions. The second stanza is about Yemenite Jews who traveled through deserts and through Aden before flying to Israel. The third stanza is about Holocaust survivors who came to Israel after surviving Nazi camps and war.

    The fourth stanza is about Iraqi Jews who were forced to leave behind their ancient homes and communities in Babylon and Iraq. The fifth stanza is about Soviet Jews who kept Jewish identity and Hebrew alive even when the Soviet Union tried to suppress it. The sixth stanza is about Argentine Jews facing terror attacks and economic collapse while still carrying Jewish traditions with them.

    The final stanza brings all the journeys together into one shared story of exile, survival, memory, and return to Jerusalem.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Aliyah #Diaspora #Exile #History #Israel #Jewish #JewishHistory #Poem #Poetry #Resilience #Shadorma
  13. Scattered tongues, or: If I forget thee

    A ‘Garland’ Shadorma

    midnight flights 
    cracked heels crossed Sudan 
    mothers prayed 
    stars concealed 
    trembling elders kissed the ground
    Zion after storms
    
    eagles’ wings
    sea salt and deserts
    Aden called
    sandstorms passed
    old caravan hymns endured
    the sky roads opened
    
    ash-choked trains
    numbered arms recalled
    exiles rose
    ships arrived
    displaced children spoke again
    names returned ashore
    
    Tigris dusk
    courtyard lamps faded
    passports stamped
    children borne
    tears by Babylon’s waters
    locked homes gathered dust
    
    winter queues
    visa refusals
    gray buildings
    mouthed Hebrew
    each scattered tongue remembers
    snow melted slowly
    
    banks collapsed
    Buenos Aires mourned
    glass shattered
    sirens wailed
    Spanish carried Sabbath songs
    our Jerusalem
    
    midnight flights
    sea salt and deserts
    exiles rose
    children borne
    each scattered tongue remembers
    our Jerusalem

    ‘Garland’ Shadorma?

    The ‘Garland’ Shadorma was created by Sylvia Cognac, modeled after the ‘Garland’ Cinquain. Essentially, it is a Shadorma series of seven stanzas, with the seventh and final stanza being composed of lines from all six previous stanzas.

    Tanka Tuesday

    For Tanka Tuesday, Yvette encourages us to compose resilience-themed syllabic poems. My above shadorma is about the resilience of Jews from around the world who repatriated to our ancient homeland under difficult and often dangerous circumstances.

    The first stanza is about Ethiopian Jews who crossed Sudan and were flown to Israel in secret rescue missions. The second stanza is about Yemenite Jews who traveled through deserts and through Aden before flying to Israel. The third stanza is about Holocaust survivors who came to Israel after surviving Nazi camps and war.

    The fourth stanza is about Iraqi Jews who were forced to leave behind their ancient homes and communities in Babylon and Iraq. The fifth stanza is about Soviet Jews who kept Jewish identity and Hebrew alive even when the Soviet Union tried to suppress it. The sixth stanza is about Argentine Jews facing terror attacks and economic collapse while still carrying Jewish traditions with them.

    The final stanza brings all the journeys together into one shared story of exile, survival, memory, and return to Jerusalem.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Aliyah #Diaspora #Exile #History #Israel #Jewish #JewishHistory #Poem #Poetry #Resilience #Shadorma
  14. europesays.com/iran/96842/ How Israel’s new reporting rules change the olim tax holiday – opinion #Aliyah #Israel #Israel–unitedStatesRelations #olim #TaxReturnIsrael #taxes

  15. Hundreds attend 2026 MedEx France event as Israel recruiting medical professionals

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  16. After leaving Amish roots in Kentucky, this woman built a Jewish life in Israel

    Directions most would find simple to understand – “Go down the hallway, turn right, and take the elevator…
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  27. The Blogs: Get Out Now: Why Jews Must Abandon the Netherlands | Sabine Sterk

    The exit of Lenny Kuhr, a national icon and winner of the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest, with the…
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    europesays.com/netherlands/587

  28. The Blogs: The Israeli Mind in the Ceasefire’s Aftermath | Mark P Cohen

    What the ceasefire teaches about the heart and soul of Israeli identity. Life goes on in Israel, ceasefire…
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  29. The Blogs: Drawing Strength From Israel’s Future Generation | Aryeh Eisenberg

    Most Israeli residents have unfortunately gotten used to the new reality, which includes nightly sirens, ever-changing schedules, travel…
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  30. Aliyah: Culinary journey from DC to Jerusalem

    ‘My cooking is more an expression than a profession,” says Larry Liss. “The plate is a canvas that I paint with colors, taste, and texture. Some people dance, some people sing, some people draw and paint. I cook.” For most of his …
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