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An American-Israeli writer, I mentor writers and organize writing classes in English in Israel. Latest publication: “Side Effects” in Harpur Palate, Vol. 18, No.1
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Ah Spring
One of the best ways to get back to writing is spending 2-6 hours roaming the internet reading stupid short articles about Melania and Baron and looking at pictures of Michelle O. when she was in high school and then … Continue reading
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New Post, New Life
I can’t believe I haven’t written a blog post since October 2016. What Happened? Where have I been? My writing mind was tied up getting used to a new apartment. There were days when I contemplated stopping to write altogether. … Continue reading
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Some Commentary from a Common Hairdresser
You can repeat a verse from the liturgy for years without understanding it. This was my relationship to v’tahair libenu וטהר לבנו, purify our hearts. What does this mean, I asked myself in the sanctuary on the first day of … Continue reading
Letter from Home
That’s a joke. Home is an ongoing, changing environment. After 11 ½ months in one apartment on Feivel in Tel Aviv, we are moving to another apartment three blocks away on Be’eri, named after Berl Katzenelson. This will be my … Continue reading
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The Place Is What Will Happen
Last night I dreamt of a stone house. Yes, the house had a door and I walked in, startled by the stark emptiness, neither a table for clutter, nor a chair for sitting, just thick stone walls, stone floor and … Continue reading
Goal
I’ve joined a co-housing group and through a democratic process was elected Chair of the Site & Design Committee. This position forces me to talk to real estate agents, architects, developers, and lawyers as we search for a site to … Continue reading
Behind “The Chair,” or Why I Am Learning Hairdressing
In mid-June 2015 after thirty years of grieving and mourning and completing the latest version of a grief memoir, I wanted to do something superficial and light, so I signed up for a course in hairdressing. During the last four … Continue reading
To Be Terrorized
The bike was lightweight, low, one speed, no gears, one foot brake, one hand brake, nothing to master except balance and fear. It was love at first site. I had wanted a simple bike that would keep me upright, close … Continue reading
Thoughts in Honor of Berthold Feivel’s 140th
Greetings to all my loyal readers from the city that never sleeps, the white city, the crowded city, the rectangular city, the hot city – Tel Aviv. More specifically, greetings from one-way Rehov Feivel. That’s Baruch, (Berthold) Feivel, writer, poet, … Continue reading
Into the Land of Flip Flops and Tank Tops
I’ve finished the memoir I’ve been working on intensively over the past three years and less intensively over the past thirty-three, but I’m still playing with titles. I’m up to thirty-three possible titles, one for each year. My goal is … Continue reading
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