A Literary Magazine in Support of the Jewish Community

 

ISSUE ONE: POETRY

FEATURED POET: Eva Eliav

Six Memoir Poems

Robbi Nester

Robbi Nester

 

"They took me for a shiksa. In truth,

I was another kind of Jew, a new variety..."

 

 

Valerie Bacharach

Valerie Bacharach

 

"I am thin skin, itchy with boundaries, Pale of Settlement with harsh sun, fierce winds,

unnamed great-grandmothers..."

 

 

Di Martino

Marc Alan Di Martino

 

"Nana's voice is the voice of the dead

gathering in her, swelling in her throat..."

 

 

 

Betsy Mars

Betsy Mars

 

"Another grief on top of grief

we return from abroad..."

 

 

Jason Olsen

Jason Olsen

 

"In Finland, the aurora borealis

is caused by foxes who brush their backs

against mountains..."

 

 

Julie Weiss

Julie Weiss

 

"your voice wailing under history's brutal

knee, your ancestors clambering up..."

 

 

 

Kimberly Kolbe

Kimberly Kolbe

 

"Do I flicker

when faced with a mirror?"

 

 

Elya Braden

Elya Braden

 

"What did Moses think when he saw the burning

bush? Awe exploded in his heart; mystery flared..."

 

 

Elizabeth J. Coleman

Elizabeth J. Coleman

 

"Where the brass shines

on the New Synagogue at dusk,

lighting up Berlin's dark sky..."