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On the holiest day we fast till sundown.
I watch the sun stand still
as the horizon edges towards it. Four hours to go.
The rabbi’s mouth opens and closes and opens.
I think: fish
and little steaming…
Contributor:
Chana Bloch
Places:
Berkeley, United States of America
Date:
1981
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I’m trying to pray; one of the voices of my mind says, “God, please help me do this,”
but another voice intervenes: “How conceive God’s interest would be to help you believe?”
Is this prayer? Might…
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C. K. Williams
Places:
Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
1992
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Open your mouth
To feed that flesh
Your teeth have bled
Tongue us out
Bone by bone
Do not allow
Man to be fed
By bread alone
“And He afflicted thee and suffered thee to hunger and fed thee with…
Contributor:
Samuel Menashe
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1973
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Oh, Father of great mercy
In sunset’s flame there fades
My cradle land
That was once nearer to me than my salt-crusted shirt
Where with my brother Russian
I shared more than once
A measly bite of…
Contributor:
Yoysef Kerler
Places:
New York, United States of America
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1990
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To the Conductor: A song of David.
The heavens declare the glory of God,
the firmament tells His handiwork.
Day on day utters speech,
night on night announces knowledge.
There is no speech and…
Contributor:
Jacqueline Osherow
Places:
Salt Lake City, United States of America
Date:
1999
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Holy books, said my friend, angry,
there’s no such thing. Books,
books: let them talk
to us about books.
It was a hot night.
At noon light rips
through the room, and everything’s clear:
over the…
Contributor:
Meir Wieseltier
Places:
Berkeley, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1986
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Technically I was a man.
This spindly squeaky thing with the Adam’s-apple accent was, by virtue of being thirteen and bar-mitzvahed, a technical man.
And so the phone call came: they needed a tenth…
Contributor:
Albert Goldbarth
Places:
Wichita, United States of America
Date:
1990