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The Soul Bird
Michal Snunit
1984
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Michal Snunit is a children’s author, poet, editor, and journalist. Born at Kibbutz En Haḥoresh, she now lives in Tel Aviv. In the 1960s, Snunit was the editor of a left-wing Zionist journal, Al hamishmar. Her Tsipor hanefesh (The Soul Bird) is among the most widely read Hebrew books. She received the 1993 International Award for Children’s Literature and the 2005 Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature.
[…] I made the mistake of stopping in for Sabbath services. Dutifully I tried praying but was distracted by the dance of light reflecting from people’s wedding rings on the walls. When everyone stood…
In the year 1803, on Sunday afternoon the 5th of June, I and my uncle, accompanied—from the town gate onwards—by a soldier, arrived at the bet midrash, located at the Zimmerhofe. The soldier left us…