Excerpt from Naming by Amy Champeau
The following essay appears in our Autumn/Winter 2020 issue. Purchase it in digital format to read the rest of Amy’s story and the entire issue.
My name is Chaika Runya bat Yitzchak v’ Channa Gittl....
Excerpt from LANGUAGE by Doug Anderson
This poem appears in our Autumn/Winter 2021 issue. Subscribe today to receive the entire issue or purchase it in digital format.
The way the starlings are swirling together,
spiraling, then coming back together
like a musical chord, is called Za Yin.
杂音
But...
Excerpt from Olive Tree by Tamar Einstein
The following poem appears in our Spring/Summer 2021 issue. Subscribe today or purchase the single issue in digital format to read the rest of Tammy’s poem and the entire issue.
When I really look for...
Excerpt from No Name by Penny Harter
This poem appears in our Autumn/Winter 2021 issue. Subscribe today to receive the entire issue or purchase it in digital format.
This morning I want to wake with no
name, at least not the one I...
Excerpt from Island by Katherine Soniat
This poem appears in our upcoming Autumn/Winter 2021 issue. Subscribe today to receive the entire issue once available.
My son cares for his own first home,
hammering. Raking and watering. Like some
sort of father, I think...
Excerpt from Paris 2019 by Jeanne Wagner
Jeanne's poem received an Honorable Mention in the Tiferet 2021 Writing Contest and appears in our Autumn/Winter issue which you can purchase today.
You point out the plane trees along the Seine,
their bark surprisingly pale,
as...
Excerpt from Aphorisms Yahia Lababidi
The following poem appears in our Spring/Summer 2021 issue. Subscribe today or purchase the single issue in digital format to read the rest of Yahia’s poem and the entire issue.
Sacred signs everywhere, yourself among...
Excerpt from The Place of Unknowing by Arthur Aghajanian
This essay appears in our Autumn/Winter 2021 issue. Buy it today to read the rest of Arthur's story and the entire issue. The muscles of my legs tighten as my feet sink into the deep sand. As...
Excerpt from The Habits of the World by Philip F. Clark
This poem appears in our Autumn/Winter 2021 issue. Buy it today to read the entire issue.
I borrowed the habits of the world,
hoping the lenders would not object
to my perusal.
I was frugal with indecision,
touched and folded carefully,...
Excerpt from Martin Buber’s Primordial Religiosity by Hune Margulies
This essay appears in our Summer 2022 issue. Click here to read the rest of Dr. Margulies’ essay and the entire issue for free. Our gift to you.
My reading of Martin Buber takes me...