Arts & Media 198 articles

My best writing is in my journal. Closed to the world, but completely open for my eyes and Hashem’s. A place for dreams, visions, dialogues, regrets, memories, remorse, resuscitations, conflict resolutions,...

It’s getting late and the writing workshop’s about to adjourn, but one of the women has one more poem: it’s short, she assures them, and something composed after breakfast that morning....

Giving Thanks to The Land of Israel by Mendel Jacobson Though the reasons for thanking you are endless, and no matter how many times I do thank you there will always...

He sees the man dancing as if there are no worries in the world. His legs pump in a rhythm only his soul could produce. He looks like a flame, flickering...

It is daybreak and we are in a cloud. White purity lingers over the hills and fine dew settles upon the land. The grapevines and olive trees awake, slowly, immersing themselves...

I lean on her and she leans on me. She is cool and fresh under my skin and I’m sure my skin is warm and flushed on her heart. I close...

The German-born photographer and writer Julian Voloj explores aspects of identity and heritage in his work. In 2003 Julian Voloj was awarded with the Second Prize at the Washington Post Annual...

It is nighttime and all are asleep. A cool breeze blows through my tangled hair, fresh in the desert air. It is so quiet and clear, like a simple black-and-white photograph....

The sun shines with the same warmth on the gutters as it does on the palaces, just as it rains with the same force on the prisons as it does on...

On exhibit at The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, March 10 – August 5, 2007 Photography and video are powerful artistic mediums for mining day-to-day life, and nowhere is this more evident than...