Not a Children’s Songby Mascha Kaléko (Click on the above images for enlarged views.) – Mascha Kaléko was born in Western Galicia, but eventually settled in Berlin during her teenage years. She became involved in the Berlin literary scene and was a regular at the Romanisches Café, a known hangout for artists in Berlin. In 1933, as the environment for Kaléko and her composer…
Israel. Black and white photograph. Albert Salomon Collection, Leo Baeck Institute. In celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day): two books and an archival collection, relating to Israel, from each of our five partners. compiled by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History American Jewish Historical Society: Attitudes of American Jews toward Israel and Israelis : the 1983…
Woman with Shells – La Mer (The Sea) and La Mere (The Mother). Ruth Davidson Abrams. Oil on canvas. 1956. Yeshiva University Museum. I Am Womanby Malka Heifetz Tussmantranslated from the Yiddish by Marcia Falk I am the exalted Rachelwhose love lit the way for Rabbi Akiba. I am the small, bashful village girlwho grew up among the tall poplarsand blushed at the “Good…
1919by Jacob Glatstein (Yankev Glatshteyn)translated by Kathryn Hellerstein and Benjamin Harshav Lately, there’s no trace leftOf Yankl, son of Yitskhok,But for a tiny round dotThat rolls crazily through the streetsWith hooked-on, clumsy limbs.The lord-above surroundedThe whole world with heaven-blueAnd there is no escape.Everywhere “Extras!” fall from aboveAnd squash my watery head.And someone’s long tongueHas stained my glasses for good with a smear of red,And…