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The Book of Judges
In those days Harvey Kaplan judged all Israel.
He also judged most corned beef sandwiches
to be inadequate
and politicians
to be…
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Four Poems by Primo Levi
February 11, 1946
I looked for you in the stars
When as a child I questioned them.
I asked the mountains for you
But all they gave me were a few moments
of solitude and…
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Inklisch Rekortdinks
Sekschon 1: Inklantd (1938-1980)
London
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Not zo mainy Dais zinz ve arrivink.
Zis grey iss like Bearlin, zis same grey Day…
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Chanukah vs. Christmas
Menorah v Christmas tree.
Doughnuts v Christmas pudding.
Dreidels v Christmas crackers.
Macabees v ELF's.
Candle lights v Christmas lights.
1 silent night v 8 crazy nights.…
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A Gift From Dannie Abse
The poet, author, doctor and playwright Dannie Abse, who died in September 2014, was a long-standing contributor to Jewish Quarterly. We will miss him and his words. Here is the…
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Zamoscz
More precisely than I
Remember the story he told
Of a garden that grew
By the fortress, he pictured
The little gentile hunchback girl.
A general’s daughter? Something like…
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When Walking Next to Chain Link Fences
I love to strum the run of tuneless anti-notes these braided harps have strung from post to post to post, dividing fenced-in dogs from lucky ones on walks…
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Forced Labour
For Charles Patterson
Translated from the Hebrew by Lisa Katz
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Now
the last leaves on the trees leaking their slow reds and golds the workers sluggish in the fields who are you that I don’t know how to look away don’t…
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