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A Sunday in October
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A Sunday in October

Issue 141: September 2023

A Sunday in October

By Editor| 2023-09-04T11:02:37-07:00 September 13th, 2023|Categories: Issue 141: September 2023|Tags: anti-Semitism, Ariel M. Goldenthal, gun lobby, Narrative nonfiction, gun control, NRA, school shootings, mass shootings, Tree of Life Synagogue|

By Ariel M. Goldenthal The day after the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, I lied to my second-grade students: You are safe at Hebrew school. You will love learning the Aleph-Bet this year. Yes, you can open the windows and feel the early fall air ripple through the gaps between your outstretched fingers. You can [...]

He Went to the City of Bridges
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He Went to the City of Bridges

Issue 90: 11 July 2019

He Went to the City of Bridges

By Editor| 2019-07-09T18:12:52-07:00 July 11th, 2019|Categories: Issue 90: 11 July 2019|Tags: Poetry, Jack Ridl, Tree of Life Synagogue|

By Jack Ridl For all the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue killings He went to the city of bridges. He stood in front of the synagogue, dared shake the hand of the Rabbi. He said what his daughter and son-in-law told him to say. He went to the city of bridges. He went [...]