This year I want to dip apples in saltwater
I want to spread honey on my wounds
How does one forgive
the sting of alienation?
How does one atone
for the sin of despair?
How can one ram’s horn
open the gates of heaven,
when 500,000 vuvuzelas
fail to stop the moon set
over the Ayalon highway?
How does one sanctify Tishrei’s New Moon
when there is nothing new,
nothing new under the sun?
he lunar lander Beresheet is expected to land on the moon at between 2 and 3 p.m. CDT on Thursday, April 11. Beresheet is a joint mission of SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, and if successful, Beresheet will be both the first Israeli and first privately funded spacecraft to land…
While the Post let me know the rabbi’s name, age, and e-mail to the congregation with his decision to come out, I learned nothing about the experiences people were enjoying at his synagogue. Would they describe Nobel winner Malala Yousafzai by talking about her love life?
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