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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
  • Jewish Cemeteries

A Wise and Humble Language

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on December 19, 2018January 21, 2020

Eleven U.S. citizens have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Bob Dylan won it most…

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  • Jewish Cemeteries

Warsaw: Leiman to Datner

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on December 17, 2018January 2, 2019

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 (continued): This is the second installment describing our visit to the…

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  • Jewish Cemeteries

Warsaw: Children and Fidelity

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on December 13, 2018December 18, 2018

There are several places in Jewish writings—biblical, and extra-biblical—where we are reminded of our obligations…

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  • Museums

Warsaw: Muzeum Chopina

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on December 10, 2018December 16, 2018

It is the late 60s or early 70s perhaps; I can’t remember exactly. I am…

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  • Museums

Poland: POLIN – Ought and Can

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on December 8, 2018December 9, 2018

Does knowing how something ends, a book, a movie, a life, for instance, affect our…

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  • Poland

Warsaw: Dinner and Davening

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on December 5, 2018December 10, 2018

“Galil” is a transliteration from the Hebrew of a word commonly used to refer to…

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  • Poland

Warsaw: Trains and Memory

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on December 4, 2018December 4, 2018

Sunday, October 21, 2018: We take an Express InterCity Premium train from Kraków to Warsaw…

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  • Kraków

Kraków: The River Speaks Yiddish

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on November 28, 2018December 2, 2020

In the section on Poland in his book A Travel Guide to Jewish Europe, Ben…

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  • Kraków

Kraków: Our Polish Sabbath

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on November 26, 2018November 27, 2018

In the Symposium, Plato puts the following words in the mouth of Alcibiades: “Drunkards and…

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  • Kraków

Kraków: Boundary Rules

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on November 25, 2018December 2, 2018

From the moment that Beth and I decided to visit Poland, I began to think…

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