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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
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 (continued): In the early 1980s, I worked near a bookshop in…
Thursday, October 18, 2018 (continued): We leave Tarnów. Our destination is the Jewish cemetery in…
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In the morning, when I take the dog for a walk, I wear slip-on shoes.…
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Writing is remembering. In the 1920s, ten percent of Poland’s population was Jewish; thirty percent of Warsaw’s residents were Jewish. Compare this with the United States today, where Jews make up between one and a half to two percent of the general population and approximately thirteen percent of the population of New York City. For … Continue reading Kraków: Food and Prayer
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