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Poetry

Kislev, on the Way to Hebron

Eli­az Cohen, Lar­ry Barak
December 8, 2023
Essay

How My Town Has Changed

Jonathan Dun­sky
December 6, 2023
Essay

Peo­ple’s Army

Ilana M. Blumberg
November 30, 2023
Essay

Tun­nels of Real­i­ty and the Infor­ma­tion War

Michael Simkin
November 29, 2023
Poetry

The Live Pulse of Eter­nal Silence

Michal Per­ry, Joan­na Chen
November 27, 2023
Poetry

Two Poems from These Burn­ing Days

Eli­az Cohen, Lar­ry Barak
November 21, 2023
Essay

More than an Emp­ty Vehicle

Yael Leoku­movich
November 21, 2023
Essay

Writ­ing My Life Sto­ry Dur­ing War

Diana Blet­ter
November 20, 2023
Essay

Below Sea Level

Julie Gray
November 16, 2023
Essay

A Nation Run­ning from Bad News

Ilana M. Blumberg
November 15, 2023
Essay

Things Keep Spinning

Ilana M. Blumberg
November 8, 2023
Fiction

Shel­ter

Haim Watz­man
November 6, 2023
Essay

Night Shift

Jonathan Dun­sky
November 6, 2023
Poetry

It’s about time to talk about shadows

Lior Maayan
October 31, 2023
Essay

Mak­ing Choco­late for My Son

Sarah Sas­soon
October 31, 2023
Essay

“Let­ters From the Desert”

Jan­ice Weizman
October 30, 2023
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