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Michel M.J. Shore

Oct 8, 2026, 11:20 PM

A Collage of Spaces from Visual Landscapes to Inner Being

The Painting Journey of Canadian-Israeli Artist, Linda Adams, Member of the Acclaimed Jerusalem Artists’ House The inner passages of Linda Adams’ Journey appear on her canvases. They enter realms of being that transit Through consciousness and subconsciousness. Subliminal spaces capture domains Of the imagination, inducing...

Judith Sinclair-Cohen

Oct 7, 2026, 5:17 PM

The Beginning* (Now We’re in 2026!)

On day one, it had just begun: "Let there be light!" – and the dark had to run. On day two, the sky was new, With waters above and below, split in two. On day three, He created the sea, Then dry land, and...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 2, 2026, 1:06 AM

Gardens beneath which rivers flow

Gardens beneath which Rivers Flow A letter to the world’s leaders, from a Muslim You may command the earth I tread, The borders I may never cross; You may leave ruins for my home, Then ask me to explain my loss. You may destroy the...

Michel M.J. Shore

Oct 1, 2026, 8:30 PM

Brave FlyDubai Pilot from India Saves Lives

Brave FlyDubai pilot, Captain Smit Machchhar Gave the world a symbol of unity, saving lives. The preciousness of all human life Soars above nationality and culture. It recognizes paramount unity As the essence of our mission on the planet. The example given by the pilot And...

Oct 1, 2026, 5:42 PM

Waiting for the Flame

Can humanity be saved when the Creator who spoke to Moses from the flame has fallen silent? Can childhood innocence be saved when wonder slowly learns to fear, and vigilance replaces play, as a child learns first where the shelter is and watches the sky instead of looking at...

Sep 25, 2026, 11:48 PM

Shamati L’Libi: I Listened To My Heart

Grave of author's great-grandfather in Machpelah cemetary.

Photo by Zarachti Nur, July 2026.

Shamati L'Libi The air is thin up here It's too far to see Israel No matter how clear Still my heart knows East is the way home That my dreams show Staying put is dismal Only one place to be Endless stories to tell I've held back too long Now...

Sep 17, 2026, 9:58 PM

Five Thousand Miles

My blog today - about flying last March, during the active part of the Iran war, from Israel to Canada - is in the form of a poem, which I set to music, and is a rock video on...

Walter Estever Gonzalez

Sep 17, 2026, 6:51 AM

Seven Passports for a Journey That Never Happened

Walter Estever Gonzalez at approximately four or five years old in El Salvador. This surviving copy comes from a photograph taken for a passport intended for a family journey to Mexico that never took place. (Courtesy of the author)

There is a photograph of me from when I was four or five years old. I am wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt and looking directly at the camera with the seriousness children sometimes have when adults tell them not...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Sep 15, 2026, 7:54 PM

Little-known Jewish folkloric creatures embody kabbalah in a new book.

I am excited to announce the release of my new book All Ineffably Divine, now available to order (in English) from Amazon. The book expands greatly (545 pages!) upon ideas that I first posted here in this blog, teaching about...

Sep 15, 2026, 6:17 PM

The Unchosen Life

Life, an unchosen offering, a spark we did not strike, dropped into a world we did not choose, carried forward by time. We wake inside a story already begun, learning to speak lines we never chose. But the fire is ours now. We decide how it burns. Telomeres...

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