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“What a pleasant surprise!” Ditsa and Yoss exclaim when they open the door and engulf Yona with hugs and kisses before she has time to decide whether this is just a routine welcome...
40m read Translated from Hebrew by the Author
At the end of May, I saw Schönbrunn Palace, including the room where Napoleon slept…
19m read Translated from Ukrainian by Alex Gordon
We were walking around the East End of London and we were worn out. By the sun, and by the sense of history...
10m read Translated from Danish by the author
Chana was ten years old when her father, the rabbi, following his doctor's advice, moved to a summer house in the woods that belonged to Yutka, the landowner...
9m read Translated from Hebrew by Zeva Shapiro
She came in, looked around with her narrow, uneven black eyes, and said to me: “Don’t take this amiss, but could you open the curtains?
10m read Translated from Yiddish by Faith Jones
As spring arrives, work increases in the world of the Holy Blessed One!
32m read Translated from Hebrew by Herbert J. Levine and Reena Spicehandler
"Where is Gunther? He's supposed to be here." The old men looked at Shaul...
15m read
Teaching a writing class in a retirement home – well, that really marked the point of no return...
10m read Translated from Hebrew by Yaron Regev
When the shofar blasted, it rang loud and heavy, weighing down the ears of the living...
35m read
Behind me, the city of Tsfat nestles into the neighboring mountain. The kabbalists say that the Holy One graces the alleyways of Tsfat...
22m read
From a distance, they were a tall, handsome couple. The man was wearing an elegant business suit...
It was well past dark when the boys snuck out of their tent, untied two camels, and rode off into the desert...
17m read
Old Zadok the tallis-dealer awoke around three in the morning when in Tiberias the rains were still pouring down...
11m read Translated from Yiddish by Daniel Kennedy
