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Author: Gershon Ben-Avraham

Gershon Ben-Avraham holds an MA in Philosophy (Aesthetics). His writing has appeared in Big Muddy, Gravel, Image, Jewish Literary Journal, Poetica, The Rappahannock Review, Tipton Poetry Journal, and others. His short story “Yoineh Bodek,” (Image) earned “Special Mention” in the Pushcart Prize XLlV: Best of the Small Presses 2020 Edition.
  • Publications

God’s Memory

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on April 11, 2021April 14, 2021

I am pleased to announce the publication of my chapbook, God’s Memory, by Kelsay Books.…

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  • Yiddish

Always Conscious of That Shrivelled Leg!

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on April 5, 2021April 6, 2021

Before World War II, the Yiddish language, though not a national language, was spoken by…

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  • Moral Philosophy

Never in a Hurry

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on March 28, 2021March 29, 2021

I read a book in elementary school that has stayed with me over the years, Walter…

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  • Aesthetics

Disappearing into the Past

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on March 21, 2021March 22, 2021

In the summer of 1997, I bought an opera recording—Iphigénie en Aulide. The German-born composer Christoph…

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  • Reading

A Pickwickian Construction

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on March 14, 2021March 14, 2021

For many years now, I’ve read with a dictionary near at hand. One of the…

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  • Music

A Sky like Turquoise

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on March 7, 2021April 5, 2021

Have you ever had one of those vacations that you looked forward to that turned…

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  • Translation

I Put It Back Again

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on February 28, 2021February 28, 2021

In his book, Oscar Wilde: The Story of an Unhappy Friendship, the English writer Robert…

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  • Biblical Ethics

Your Adversary’s Donkey

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on February 21, 2021February 21, 2021

The ability of spoken or written words to evoke an emotional response is puzzling. When…

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  • Love

Either Art or Splendor

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

Exodus chapters 25:1-27:19 will be read in the synagogue this coming Sabbath, February 20, 2021.…

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  • Literature

Far More Grandly Expressed

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on February 7, 2021February 7, 2021

In his book, God’s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible, author Adam Nicolson makes,…

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