Has life ever thrown you a curve ball? A “curve ball” is “a baseball pitch…
Author: Gershon Ben-Avraham
Gershon Ben-Avraham is an American-Israeli writer. He lives in Beersheba, Israel, on the edge of the Negev Desert. He and his wife share their lives with a gentle blue-merle long-haired collie. Ben-Avraham earned an MA in Philosophy (Aesthetics) from Temple University. His short story, “Yoineh Bodek,” (Image) received “Special Mention” in the Pushcart Prize XLlV: Best of the Small Presses 2020 Edition. Kelsay Books published his chapbook “God’s Memory” in 2021. חב"ד
A song popular in the 1960s, when I was a teenager, deeply affected me; it…
In 2015, I retired and moved with my wife to the Land of Israel in…
The Ten Commandments, also called the Decalogue, are listed in two places in the Bible,…
One of the best investments I’ve ever made in supporting my reading and writing pursuits…
In 2021, as the end of the year approached, I began to think in earnest…
Many thanks to Senior Editor James Cooper and the inScribe Journal of Creative Writing staff for publishing…
For several weeks after my father’s mother died, I was on my best behavior. It…
Recently, my wife and I went on a day trip to Jerusalem. We took the…
Robert Frost (1874-1963) is one of the most popular—if one can use that term when…
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