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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
  • Publications

“The Plan”

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

Moses first encounters God as a fire burning in a bush that the fire’s flames…

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  • Moral Philosophy

I Have Seen Your Tears

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on November 30, 2021

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), the English novelist and poet, is perhaps better known by many people…

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  • Philosophy

A Weak Shoot like Me

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on November 18, 2021November 18, 2021

Several times in my life, I have been in circumstances in which I was not…

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  • Literature

News Reached the Church in Rome

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on November 3, 2021November 4, 2021

I recently read Shūsaku Endō’s novel Silence. The following statement is on the book’s copyright page:…

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  • Literature

Women from Foreign Countries

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on September 30, 2021October 13, 2021

I recently completed reading Shūsaku Endō‘s novel Silence. I may reread it, but I’m not sure;…

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  • Remembrance

The Ashes of His Youth

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on September 22, 2021

In the 1950’s I saw a movie titled The Mole People, a science fiction film…

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  • Holidays

A Very Curious Custom

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on September 14, 2021September 16, 2021

Many unique and fascinating customs appear during the ten days beginning on Rosh Hashanah, the…

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  • Psalms

A Tale That Is Told

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

The subject of Psalm 90 is time. It is a profound meditation, described in its…

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  • Holidays

Gut Yontiv

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on September 6, 2021September 6, 2021

This evening, September 6, 2021, my wife and I, along with Jews worldwide, will begin…

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  • Bible

He Cannot Borrow His Soul from Others

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on August 30, 2021August 31, 2021

The Jewish Publication Society of America published an English translation of the Hebrew Bible, The Holy…

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