By Rachel Ledeboer Poetry has long remained an enduring part of Jewish culture. It can be found across different time periods, in different regions, and even in different languages; it can be secular or religious, metrical or non-metrical, personal or…
Poetry of Jewish Identity and Insecurity in Medieval Spain
By Rachel Ledeboer SELF-EXHORTATION TO MAKE THE JOURNEY TO ISRAEL by Yehuda Halevi, translated by David Goldstein Are you, at fifty, pursuing your youth,As your days are preparing to fly away?Do you run from the worship of God,And yearn to…
My Walk Home
Written and photographed by Tamar Weir – Feb 7, 2020 in Santiago, Chile Looking aheadRemaining alert“Always be aware of your surroundings,”They say…Construction on all sidesTall and short menLeaning on tree rootsGrabbing onto any shade providedBy the big branches of the…
How deep will you get?
by Tamar Weir looking at the world through your stained windows its a sunday morning so you’ve opened up the blinds all is there for you to see but you’re only 20, life is happening to you but it has…
Berlin
by Tamar Weir Arriving landing my feet are on the ground officially german soil officially in the land of my ancestors pulsing Godly reactive vagina arriving, unaffecting vagina is now infected german soil welcoming me with each new coffee shop…
Embarcadero Man
Written and photographed by Neva Ryan On buses, she sat on the seat Second from the back Behind the stairs On bart, she sat anywhere As long as no one looked at her On amtrak, she needed to sit In…
when i close my eyes i hear the flute
Written by Olivia Magee when i close my eyes i hear the flutebeing played by the man in the rose garden at the mission yesterdaybut instead of a songhe plays one unwavering note in my right ear and the fan…
Laughing Cow
Written by Jenna Westling Born an ungulate with udders A deadly combination Because of this fate You’re less than a carcass As a bairn You’re reared in a cramped barn stable And as a dairy cow You live in a…
give me a new name
Written by Olivia Magee Illustrated by Liam Cox give me a new namea cataclysm of trust fallsscheduled for thursdaya new gait learned and a new spacediscoveredthe specs were not quite what i imaginedbut when i held your handi felt your…
To-Do List, Manifesto
Written by Jenna Westling Illustrated by Cameron Edwards 1) Give sex robots a chip that activates their autonomy. Join them in the fight for fourth wave feminism. Appoint one as president. 2) Let little kids, aged 5-10, stage a coup…