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Celebrating another miraculous birth this season

The Miracle of Oil

The only wrong way to interpret a poem. And what it taught me about translation.

I said this would be a high wire act. Today I celebrate making it across the first span!

Don't look down!

A writing retreat you don't need to pack for

Translation, it turns out, is about living the questions

How can I possibly write 30 poems in November again this year?

Double Loaf

A dream of love in a time of chaos and crisis

A Japanese word for what it feels like to translate biblical Hebrew

Walking a tightrope in public

Translating a story, one word at a time.

I have my mother's (and my foremother's) laugh

What if there was more to that story about Sarah and Hagar?

A summer writing retreat you don't need to pack for

Dining beneath the awning of the Jerusalem Café

Weaving a hut of words

When in doubt, let the animal speak

Quiet and Connection: Busting the myth of the solitary writer

Maybe Call it 'Matriarch's Day' Instead

Baking bread with Sarah

Sarah is heading to North Carolina

We made magic in under an hour! Here are the replay and handouts!

Join us TODAY to make magic in under an hour

Let's make magic in under an hour

In that box with Shrödinger’s Cat where anything is possible

The Sacrifice of Sarah

Happy Birthday, Sarah!

'In the end, we'll all become stories.'

Hebrew lesson: Barren

Tzivia University

Standing with pen in hand, at a crossroads with Sarah

Abraham, Abraham, and me

How monotheism is helping me write my book

What most of us know about Sarah is contained in one line. I knew there had to be more.

Happy New Year, Trees

Daily Writing (with an occasional day off)

And the word is