Alwayswriteagain: She Performs, She Prays …

Alwayswriteagain: She Performs, She Prays …:   There must be precious few secular  musicians  invited to lead synagogue prayers. But this happened last night  in Karmiel, Galilee whe...

Alwayswriteagain: 5777 כתיבה וחתימה טובה

Alwayswriteagain: 5777 כתיבה וחתימה טובה:   The first day of Rosh Hashana , the Jewish New Year, falls next week, Monday 03 October 2016. May everyone who is celebrating have a gr...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: On Rachel’s Birthday …

PerfectlyWritePoetry: On Rachel’s Birthday …: Israelis love their writers so much that many  are lauded as latter- day seers and saints. So it is with Rachel Bluwstein whose 126th birt...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: A Jewish Dadaist Without Borders

PerfectlyWritePoetry: A Jewish Dadaist Without Borders: Jacob Glatstein   ( Yankev Glatshteyn ) was one of the great figures of mid-20th century American Yiddish literature. I mention him now bec...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Disinheritance and Continuation

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Disinheritance and Continuation: In less than a month this past summer American writer John Sibley William s has become the father of twins and produced a new collection of...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: What Black Poets Know By Heart

PerfectlyWritePoetry: What Black Poets Know By Heart: A 20-year-old US black poet has won the prestigious ‘Most Promising Young Poet Award’ from the Academy of American Poets. Donte Collins sc...

Alwayswriteagain: Like Chalk – and Ashes?

Alwayswriteagain: Like Chalk – and Ashes?: An ageing, virginal spinster dies unexpectedly, leaving her dispirited suitor  to dine alone. An orphaned bull calf is reared on bottled mi...