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Fire, air, earth, and water. The four elements still await their unifier—the Stone that could transmute our rage to grace. If anyone holds it, it is the children. In a world ablaze with war, we must shield them, before we are all swept away into the Ether.

I was born twice. First the womb, then the words, and sixteen years in between. I read his words to quench a thirst I was unaware was there.

Corinne Allal died today, and a string in me snapped. I am trying to understand why.

A year to October 7th, both body and mind turn memory into a battleground – and a mirror of our public conscience, or lack thereof.

on the road’s median, a fence to his side, a mighty wall of bushes behind and a thin row of trees ahead, walking toward the asphalt’s zebra

מה קרה לבגתן ותרש? הסיפור האמיתי מאחורי מגילת אסתר The real story of the two courtiers, Bigthan and Teresh, in an existentialist Purim play

Jetlagged musings on two in-flight movies: Portrait of a Lady on Fire & Charlotte

A tribute to Sinead O’Connor, and the brave fight, personal and political, against oppression

Hope is a bit banal sentiment, so pervasive to be almost transparent. What should we hope for, how much, and when should we stop hoping?