Yerusalem Work
The Audition
I pinned a black-and-white sign with the number thirty-four on the front of my floral print dress and entered the audition. The door...
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Yerusalem Work
Nov 20, 20213 min read
Life's Lessons: Same, Same, But Different
I lived in an empty house where God’s name was not mentioned. Wood floors, the color of my skin. Mahogany. Resembling dirt. I felt...
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Yerusalem Work
Oct 29, 20216 min read
Introducing Anita Nahal
Remember her name: Anita Nahal. She is an Indian-American poet, flash fictionist, children’s writer, columnist, and professor...
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Yerusalem Work
Oct 20, 20212 min read
You Alone
“You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help” (Quran 1:5). I’ve never been alone. God is always present. I sense, but can’t see...
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Yerusalem Work
Oct 15, 20212 min read
The Rain
“It is fully kremt,” Dr. Richard Pankhurst wrote to me in a letter. In the midst of the rainy season in Ethiopia, this well-known scholar...
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Yerusalem Work
Oct 13, 20212 min read
Dear Older Me
Will you remember your younger years with joy or regret? The agony of youth forces me to neglect the painstaking details of silence and...
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Yerusalem Work
Oct 11, 20212 min read
Again
Vulnerability was in Elle’s voice - the depths and heights. Sound waves washed over the audience. She sang barefoot on a vast, black...
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Yerusalem Work
Oct 10, 20212 min read
Great Expectation
She volunteered at the library without the expectation of anything in return. Not even a smile or a thank you. Most people gave freely...
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Yerusalem Work
Oct 6, 20213 min read
Introducing Frederick Douglas Harper
Remember this name: Dr. Frederick Douglas Harper. He is an esteemed, retired professor who left a legacy at Howard University. He has...
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Yerusalem Work
Oct 3, 20212 min read
Great Advice
Your outlook determines the outcome, according to the great advice of my good friend. She’s an inspiration. How many of us walk around...
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Yerusalem Work
Sep 26, 20212 min read
The Best Mirror
“The best mirror is an old friend,” according to a well-known proverb. The beauty in that statement is that an old friend is not our...
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Yerusalem Work
Sep 24, 20213 min read
Blessing Our Children
Welcome to parenthood. There are many books with instructions on how to raise children. Theorists, like Sigmund Freud, describe the oral...
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Yerusalem Work
Sep 8, 20212 min read
Faith, hope, love
A pastoral counselor confided in me that she believed no one was worthy of her heart. It deeply saddened me to hear this news. Her...
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Yerusalem Work
Sep 4, 20212 min read
Microfiction: Broken
I dropped the flowers. They slipped through my trembling hands. Potted plants never lasted long in our home. I was hungry for a life of...
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Yerusalem Work
Sep 2, 20213 min read
The Heart and Mind
On Mother’s Day when I asked my nephew, who was nine years old and in the third grade at the time, what the closest distance between two...
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Yerusalem Work
Aug 31, 20212 min read
Library Aide
Hello, friend! I have good news to share. The Alexandria Library hired me as a Library Aide. I’m blessed to be in a position to work in a...
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Yerusalem Work
Aug 27, 20211 min read
Microfiction: Soccer
Playing soccer in Gaza, we stayed in the sun. We ignored the Israeli drone strikes overhead. We passed the ball and scored the occasional...
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Yerusalem Work
Aug 26, 20213 min read
Microfiction: The New Flower
A night in New York with its requisite kisses left fog on my eyeglasses. I drank myself into oblivion. The deed was done. I showed...
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Yerusalem Work
Jul 29, 20212 min read
Ridiculous Romance
We met at Yale in the courtyard on a spring afternoon. He followed me from the post office to the grassy field. He trailed closely behind...
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