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Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

Aug 24, 2026, 12:40 AM

Tshurbes, Mud and blossoming

On August 24, Ukraine marks its Independence Day. In 2026 the date cannot be separated from the war that followed Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. Yet another August comes to mind. On August 21, 1968, Warsaw Pact forces entered...

Julian Ungar-Sargon

Aug 21, 2026, 7:45 PM

Sometimes the dead do not wait for us beneath the earth. They wait within the letters that still bear their names. I remember almost nothing of the walk through the abandoned cemetery. Only the shock. One tall granite stone. Standing. Alone. Every other monument had yielded to weather, neglect, and time. Broken. Fallen. Swallowed by grass and silence. Yet...

Michel M.J. Shore

Aug 17, 2026, 7:00 PM

To Respond in Chorus to Each Person’s Music

To Respond in Chorus to each Person's Music Music combined with paintings portray life. All we see does have its background music; It is life’s echo, reverberating To the essence of our senses with scent. Every street, house, landscape and seascape Has its composition, as...

Aug 17, 2026, 6:48 PM

Silence, silence. One longs for it Amid the noise of the world, Amid the thoughts within. Everywhere voices rise, Each voice echoes itself. Politicians, preachers, All promising peace, And still the world is not. Silence. How rare it is Amid all these sounds, In the room, in the street, In the long...

Michel M.J. Shore

Aug 12, 2026, 9:33 PM

We Will Never Give Up Our Hope In Hope

We Will Never Give Up Our Hope In Hope (Reflections on the Last Four of the Seven Haftorahs of Consolation Before the New Year) (Isaiah 51:12 -52:12; 54:1-10; 60:1-22; 61:10-63:9) Despite all the trials and tribulations, We will never give up our hope...

Aug 3, 2026, 6:13 PM

As I Run My Time Down

As I run my time down, I wonder what was vital in life, Counting out the days and nights, Unaware of the final date, Drawn to the beauty all around. I run my time down, The clock grows slower now, Yet the days pass faster, One sunrise,...

Aug 3, 2026, 6:52 AM

Creativity: What Machines Lack Is Not Ecstasy But a Field to Play Against

Breaking Through

By Joe Nalven + Opus 5 + Gemini Machines have already been creative, and it is worth being precise about where. In 2016, a Go program played a move in the second game of its match against Lee Sedol that professionals...

Michel M.J. Shore

Jul 28, 2026, 12:18 AM

The Cosmos Mother Does Not Forget Her Children

( Reflections on the Haftorah for Ekev) (Isaiah 49 14- 51 :3) The Cosmos Mother does not forget her children Through chastisement, punishment, travails, challenges. Security of the Mother's arms remain. When will the rescue arrive, when all are ready. To live in unity with diversity Requires taking...

Michael S. Diamond

Jul 27, 2026, 4:18 AM

The Archive of Forgetting and Undoing

I have registered my maps in The Archive of Forgetting and Undoing. The walls to the Holy City have been breached in this month of the Babylonian god who at Summer’s zenith dies, the faithful son, and returns with the rains of Winter and Spring dew, ransom for his goddess sister, Lady of the Date Clusters. Perhaps...

Michel M.J. Shore

Jul 20, 2026, 9:02 PM

Comfort, Comfort in the Midst of Trying Times

(Reflections on the Haftorah for Va'etchanan) (Isaiah 40:1-26) “Comfort, comfort” in the midst of trying times, Needs deep faith, rooted in lived belief. It awaits a time of solace envisioned In exchanging the present for the future. Assurance of external security Promises the segue to a...

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