Some of my fondest memories as a child are of my mother’s singing to me.…
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 and a crazy wild rescued kitten. 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. ברסלב
My father was a civil engineer. He worked in the design and construction of public…
This morning, I made myself French Toast. I followed a recipe for it that I…
In the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Ta’anis, we find a story about a man named Abba…
In the third chapter of the biblical book of Genesis, we read an intriguing story…
When I was young, perhaps five or six years old, a religion teacher was once…
During the week, I recite the Morning Prayer at a small Chassidic shul near where…
When I first began dating my wife, she was reluctant to tell me that she…
“I’ve had this idea that the amount of suffering in the world is fixed somehow.…
Last month, my wife and I attended a music performance by a young married Israeli…
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