Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
Going Too Farsi? (Or, the Persian Incursion)
We — with the help of the US, UK, Jordan and other capable allies — buffly rebuffed the biggest missile and drone attack on Israel ever. But what does it tell us about the past and augur for the future?
Passover, 5784
How is this Passover different from all other Passovers?
Plus, a bereaved father on solidarity, flower-girls, fruit bats and more music of our times.
Songs
- Shlomi Shabbat — Michtav mi-Yossi
- Harel Skaat and the Children of Sderot — Od Yair Alai
- Mika Moshe and Noam Battan — Ve-Nohav
Thanks to friend Linda Gradstein for reading my poem “Elijah is with the Hostages.” Noah, being a liturgist is, indeed, a cool profession. You’d be surprise how much there is to write. My 7th book of Torah and t’fillah inspired poetry should come out later this year. In the classic sense of the piytan, I have become a traveling teacher preacher. Happy to speak with you about it at any point. Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach.
This is so beshert. I came to the web-page looking for a transcript, or at least a way to be reminded of the poem Linda extracted so powerfully. B’Shem Omro, I would hope to share it with the community at New London Synagogue this year. Thank you
May freedom come for all.
May there always be hunger for new prayers … and old prayers.
The poem (and its sister) are here FYI https://tobendlight.com/2024/04/elijah-and-miriam-two-prayer-poems-for-passover-2024/