Category Archives: travels

First they came…

Today, Jan­u­ary 14, 2023, marks the one-hun­­dred-thir­­ty-first anniver­sary of the birth of Mar­tin Niemöller (born in 1892). Today is also the birth­day of our niece Nora, who has long been aware of Mar­tin Niemöller and his poem. Niemöller, creep­ing nor­mal­i­ty, and oth­er … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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#blogelul : return

the month of elul begins once again Hosea 14:2: שׁוּבָה, יִשְׂרָאֵל, עַד, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ: כִּי כָשַׁלְתָּ, בַּעֲו‍ֹנֶךָ. I return to this writ­ing, that I have not vis­it­ed since ear­ly March, short­ly before Pesach. I have been many places, but now is the … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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