Matthue Roth tells us about his children's book, "The Gobblings," and how it was inspired by a story told by the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism.
Here we grapple with the justice of how to treat an ‘enemy’. When just next door she sleeps so peaceful. With prayers and knives... in kitchen sinks.
Rachel Kann performs her poem, "Out", on the streets of Brooklyn for the latest Hevria Session.
I was made for breaking. I am built from the raw material of utter destruction, every fissure
bursting with crumpled petition.
Art gives us life, but it is not our life.
Crown Heights has an eruv. You might disapprove. But threatening to tear it down is a jerky, crappy move.
My writing tends towards intimate self-disclosure. It's exhilarating, terrifying, and dangerous for me. I hope it promotes growth and change.
A story about traveling in Central America for a Rainbow Gathering where the writer arrives at the glorious gates of the Garden of Eden while still amidst exile.