Israeli Tax Season: This Week

Apr 15, 2015, 11:23 PM

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Israeli Journalist Tsur Ehrlich published a poem in Makor Rishon two years ago that moved me enough to translate it last year. The Hebrew appears as an image below my adaptation. I have Ehrlich’s permission to post.

Israeli Tax Season

One Week in Spring

Two Memorial Days

Accounting to balance the doubt:

How much it costs to maintain our own Home —

And how much it costs us without.

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Sara K. Eisen is a veteran journalist; creative / marketing / brand director; content consultant; and communications strategist. Also a mother, community activist, and mentor.