Privilege
Who is privileged? Who is an elite? Privilege
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Confidence
Finding an unexpectedly confident performer Confidence
Baksheesh
Doing business in West Africa Bakesheesh
Superfluous
Changing of the guard at a synagogue Superfluous
The Mask
A mask at a ball in pre-revolutionary France The Mask
Safta
A boy discovers his grandmother’s past Safta
Selection
A young boy and father in the holocaust Selection
An Imagined Life
Conjuring up a recently deceased person whom I’ve never met An Imagined Life
Departure
A family departure at the airport Departure
Birth of Art
Going with Mom to work Birth of Art
Rodrigo’s Lament
Difficulties of an actor playing a minor part in Shakespeare’s Othello Rodrigo’s Lament
Babysitting
A young girl copes with a trauma Babysitting
Woman and Bird in the Night
Discussion about a Joan Miro painting Woman and Bird in the Night
Caballero
An imagined encounter from the Holocaust Caballero
Peanuts
A fantasy that starts with eating some peanuts Peanuts
Ask Not
An obituary of a Kennedy speechwriter Ask Not
Valor
A retelling of the end of Ajax during the Trojan War Valor
Fortitude
Coping with a family crisis Fortitude
Collective Guilt
Ritual and an unexplained murder from Biblical times Collective Guilt
Taking Control
A dream from Shakespeare’s The Tempest Taking Control
Rue the Day
The story of a firing at work Rue the Day
Agent of God
Retelling of the biblical story of Srayah (end of Jeremiah) Agent of God
Just Chit Chat
A domestic Jewish -Arab encounter during a tense political period Just Chit Chat
Education
Goings on at the nursery Education
At the Musuem
At the museum with a demented father At the Musueum
Ghost Man
A mid-life crisis Ghost Man
Snowstorm
On the prairie in a snowstorm Snowstorm
Off the Path
An elderly woman doesn’t get off at her stop on the bus Off the Path
Bad Day
A story of a bad day indeed Bad Day
Cancer
Kids soliciting for the cancer fund Cancer
And My Sister’s Name is Carol
Relations between generations in the extended family And My Sister’s Name is Carol
Echo
A retelling of the myth of Echo and Narcissus Echo
Trinkets
Buying trinkets in Malawi Trinkets
On a Moonless Night
Young love and astronomy On a Moonless Night
Scholars
A story from the shtetl Scholars
Orchid
A fantasy about an orchid Orchid
Psyche
A retelling of the myth of Psyche and the ants Psyche
On King George Street
Encounter walking down King George Street in Jerusalem on a late Friday evening On King George Street
Honi the Circle Maker
Retelling of the two midrashim about Honi Honi the Circle Maker
Fragments of Bone
Reminisces about a father Fragments of Bone
Mental Powers
Can the mind control other people’s actions? Mental Powers
Domestic Matters
Immigrants during a bombing in the Lebanon War Domestic Matters
My Apartment
On old lady selling her house My Apartment
What’s Gotten into the King?
At the court of King Saul What’s Gotten into the King?
At the Rally
At a political rally in central Jerusalem At the Rally
Unity
A ghost story Unity
Lillies
A family visit to a Monet exhibition Lillies
Actors
Young and old actors in an amateur production Actors
Hi Dad
A series of long distance telephone conversations Hi Dad
Any News?
The old and new after the war Any News?
From the Garden of Eden
How two brothers name their hamster From the Garden of Eden
Ein Prat
Three generations on an outing Ein Prat
Coloring
In the family living room Coloring
From Generation to Generation
Musings about the future and past From Generation to Generation
Rules
About dogma and love Rules
Tunnels
In an improvised tent with a grandchild Tunnels
Alex and Shirley
A crocodile and hippopotamus who become best of friends Alex and Shirley
Smoking
Smoking at the end of an unfulfilling day Smoking
Typhoon
Reporting on a typhoon in the Philipines Typhoon
Entrances and Exits
A vision Entrances and Exits
Man with a Movie Camera
A movie review of one of my favorite movies (it isn’t very well known). A Man with a Movie Camera
If a Tree Falls
Conversations with a baby on a car ride If a Tree Falls
Encounters
Encounter between old friends and a mysterious teenager Encounters
Gracious Drops
Chapters in a day care center for the elderly Gracious Drops
Brother’s Keeper
A story of two brothers in distress Brother’s Keeper
Signs
A look at the interpretation of personal omens Signs
Rites of the Daughters
About the rite of mourning for the daughter of Yiftah Read the full story here: Rites of the Daughters
Fragment
A story about Paranoia A Fragment