Both the day of Yom Kippur and the Passover Seder conclude with the song, “L’Shana Haba’ah b’Yerushalayim,” Next Year in Jerusalem. The phrase has stirred Jewish hearts for centuries, reminding us of ...

I wrote this poem as a college student in Jerusalem, inspired by a date I had with a young Israeli man who took me on a long night time walk through the back streets and alleyways of Jerusalem. Four ...