On today’s episode, host Marcela Sulak reads the poetry of Yudit Shahar. Born and raised in the HaTikvah neighborhood of Tel Aviv, she is a special education teacher and mother of two children. She is best known for her concern with economic justice and now lives in Petach Tikvah, Israel. Here is an excerpt from her poem “Brightness”:
“In the house which was really a shack, in the laundry room,
on my fingertips, the sourish smell of work clothes
as I look in your pocket for sweet dates that have been forgotten.
Brightness, you wanted, and you used to raise the antenna
the highest in the neighborhood so it could catch disappearing broadcasts from the expanse of the Mediterranean,
as far as Izmir and Istanbul.”
Texts:
From Waxwing. Translated by Aviya Kusher. “The Path of Justice,”“Brightness,” “Mother” by Yudit Shahar.
From Poetry International Rotterdam. Translated by Lauren Gorden. “My Father and God” by Yudit Shahar.
Music:
Neharot Neharot – Betty Olivero
Erev shel shoshanim – music by Yosef Hadar
From the album Meditations – C Lanzbom
Lo Meanyen – music by Gal Ziv, lyrics by Yudit Shahar
Producer: Laragh Widdess
Technical producer: Alex Benish
