Early in the first chapter of Honoré de Balzac’s novel Le Père Goriot, the story’s narrator…
Category: Literature
Since the birth of my grandchildren, I have spent considerable time researching and reading children’s…
Several years ago, I memorized Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “Annabel Lee.” I recite it from…
What do you do when struggling with an opponent and the opponent wins? What do…
On many occasions, I’ve written of my love and admiration for the poetry of the…
In 2015, I retired and moved with my wife to the Land of Israel in…
In 2021, as the end of the year approached, I began to think in earnest…
I recently read Shūsaku Endō’s novel Silence. The following statement is on the book’s copyright page:…
I recently completed reading Shūsaku Endō‘s novel Silence. I may reread it, but I’m not sure;…
When my children were young, they differed significantly in how they transitioned between being awake…
Gershon Ben-Avraham 