http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:50:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/frisch-at-yunmun-2012-part-i-1328795645/ http://www.jewpi.com/frisch-at-yunmun-2012-part-i-1328795645/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:54:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/frisch-at-yunmun-2012-part-i-1328795645/ 1. Captains 2. Heading Out 3. Award Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/errand-a-journey-made-for-a-special-purpose-an-expedition-a-mission-the-new-shorter-oxford-1328684416/ http://www.jewpi.com/errand-a-journey-made-for-a-special-purpose-an-expedition-a-mission-the-new-shorter-oxford-1328684416/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/errand-a-journey-made-for-a-special-purpose-an-expedition-a-mission-the-new-shorter-oxford-1328684416/ 3: 49 PM – I am thankful that often I read and write and teach and relate and listen and can say what I did in a day. But so far today I listened to a speaker and sat through an award ceremony and ate lunch and packed and waited to go and then went [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/ki-im-betorat-hashem-cheftzo-1328615420/ http://www.jewpi.com/ki-im-betorat-hashem-cheftzo-1328615420/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:50:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/ki-im-betorat-hashem-cheftzo-1328615420/ 6: 01 PM – I need to be back down in the YUNMUN lobby for our group picture in a few minutes. I need a little Torah and I wish to write here… On Shabbos Dr. Scott Goldberg quoted the Chozeh of Lublin as saying that , “It is impossible to tell people which way [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/10-21-am-why-do-i-write-here-i-kinda-sorta-know-perhaps-i-want-to-be-folk-famous-like-henry-1328458579/ http://www.jewpi.com/10-21-am-why-do-i-write-here-i-kinda-sorta-know-perhaps-i-want-to-be-folk-famous-like-henry-1328458579/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:16:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/10-21-am-why-do-i-write-here-i-kinda-sorta-know-perhaps-i-want-to-be-folk-famous-like-henry-1328458579/ 10: 21 AM – Why do I write here, I kinda-sorta know. Perhaps I want to be folk-famous like Henry David Thoreau. I just like to vent and it’s hard to vent alone, so I plug into this outlet to get into my zone… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/gnagb-1328426530/ http://www.jewpi.com/gnagb-1328426530/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:22:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/gnagb-1328426530/ 6: 51 PM – Not home from Shul long. Shabbos is still ebbing away. Have to leave in an hour-ish to my school’s dinner. Tomorrow, off to YU Model UN. At some point want to write up some Torah from Shabbos. Maybe I’ll dip my toe in the water now.Last night, at the YU-Carlebach minyan [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/shabbat-shalom-yall-1328306289/ http://www.jewpi.com/shabbat-shalom-yall-1328306289/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:58:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/shabbat-shalom-yall-1328306289/ 1: 01 PM – 3 classes, one guidance/mentoring meeting, paperwork, and, and and… Now, I sit in my office.1: 06 PM – Just returned a call to someone. This someone wants something and feels like they’re not so straight up and straight forward.Earlier this week I had the pleasure of speaking briefly with Rabbi David [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/on-tefillin-1328199372/ http://www.jewpi.com/on-tefillin-1328199372/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:16:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/on-tefillin-1328199372/ Rabbi Boaz Mori just shared this thought with me, from the Moaznayim LeTorah . Why did the Kohein Gadol wear two pieces that seemed to have the same point? Both the Tzitz , worn on his forehead, and the Urim VeTumim , worn on his chest? He says that the kohein needed to internalize his [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/darche-noam-slonimer-rebbe-on-bo-1328067965/ http://www.jewpi.com/darche-noam-slonimer-rebbe-on-bo-1328067965/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:46:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/darche-noam-slonimer-rebbe-on-bo-1328067965/ I bought a sefer called Darchei No’am, in Israel a bunch of years ago, it’s by the present Yerushalayim Slonimer Rebbe, successor of the Nesivos Shalom. Here are some of what I got out of his essay on Parshat Bo. He cites the known approach that we were were zocheh to be redeemed because of [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/6-31-pm-six-classes-taught-plus-some-meetings-and-talks-%c2%a0still-at-work-working-discussed-1327985888/ http://www.jewpi.com/6-31-pm-six-classes-taught-plus-some-meetings-and-talks-%c2%a0still-at-work-working-discussed-1327985888/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:58:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/6-31-pm-six-classes-taught-plus-some-meetings-and-talks-%c2%a0still-at-work-working-discussed-1327985888/ 6: 31 PM – Six classes taught, plus some meetings and talks.  Still at work, working…Discussed Rosh Chodesh today – how the months are counted from Yetziat Mitzrayim, just like the days are counted from Shabbos, to give honor to G-d. Also we did thew Seforno who focuses on the word lachem, in the command, [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/his-neshamah-should-have-an-aliyah-1327911733/ http://www.jewpi.com/his-neshamah-should-have-an-aliyah-1327911733/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:22:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/his-neshamah-should-have-an-aliyah-1327911733/ This is one of those experiences that I have to write about.  And the realness of what I wish to write will – I think – come across the most strongly, in direct proportion to how soon I share this. One never knows what will happen, so you need to say and do what matters [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/mshk%c2%a0-6-29-pm-shabbos-was-nice-%c2%a0im-not-feeling-as-well-rested-as-id-like-%c2%a0still-thank-g-d-1327824250/ http://www.jewpi.com/mshk%c2%a0-6-29-pm-shabbos-was-nice-%c2%a0im-not-feeling-as-well-rested-as-id-like-%c2%a0still-thank-g-d-1327824250/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:04:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/mshk%c2%a0-6-29-pm-shabbos-was-nice-%c2%a0im-not-feeling-as-well-rested-as-id-like-%c2%a0still-thank-g-d-1327824250/ M”ShK  6: 29 PM – Shabbos was nice.  I’m not feeling as well rested as I’d like.  Still. thank G-d for all the good in my life. Finishing Holy Beggars , savoring it.  Amazing book. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/shabbat-shalom-world-1327702209/ http://www.jewpi.com/shabbat-shalom-world-1327702209/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:10:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/shabbat-shalom-world-1327702209/ 4: 01 PM – This is when I’m starting this post.  Cooking is kinda-sorta done.  Trying to clean and prep lekavod Shabbos and the world.I feel like I haven’t shared here in a while – some random shares: Apple does bad stuff in China.   There’s a well reviewed  play that focuses on this. The writer and star feels that the [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/check-in-and-haiku-1327693704/ http://www.jewpi.com/check-in-and-haiku-1327693704/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:48:24 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/check-in-and-haiku-1327693704/ 2: 11 PM – Friday is my favorite time to post.  Though I’m not sure why I ever write right here.Just came back from doctor and shopping.  Having at least two guests for Shabbos meals.Doctor says boiling water burn on my hand is nothing to worry about.  Likewise regarding The Cold That Wouldn’t Leave. Thank [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-reading-mother-click-for-author-bio-1327598413/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-reading-mother-click-for-author-bio-1327598413/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:20:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-reading-mother-click-for-author-bio-1327598413/ By Strickland Gillian I had a mother who read to me Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea. Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth; “Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath. I had a Mother who read me lays Of ancient and gallant and golden days; Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe, Which every boy has a [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-by-yakov-azriel-1327472904/ http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-by-yakov-azriel-1327472904/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:28:24 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-by-yakov-azriel-1327472904/ I just recently discovered this poet.  I was waiting to transcribe all 13 of his haiku about the children of Ya’akov Avinu, but it’s slow going.  So here’s part. I like the work I’ve seen of his.  These are from the start of his poetry book on Shmot. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/vaeira-1327218616/ http://www.jewpi.com/vaeira-1327218616/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:50:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/vaeira-1327218616/ Shabbat left, as always – more or less. Like and unlike everyone she leaves and stays at once.And the week with the aura of Parshat Va’Eira lingers, but is mostly gone for a year.I read the full essay of the Slonimer Rebbe in his Darchei Noam .  Without peeking. Lets see what stayed with me. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/shabbat-shalom-world-1327098497/ http://www.jewpi.com/shabbat-shalom-world-1327098497/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:28:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/shabbat-shalom-world-1327098497/ Last night I shared my ladder story.  I had not recalled this till I started blogging and since it came back into my consciousness I’ve often thought of it as an apt example of my essence. (A search of slide ladder brings up these posts .) As I last told the tale it dawned on [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-2-1327091765/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-2-1327091765/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:36:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-2-1327091765/ You can “friend” FacebookMakes you wonder about thingsFacebook: friend or fiend? Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1-1327080464/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1-1327080464/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:27:44 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1-1327080464/ There’s no left or rightthere is only where we standand how we view things Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-fourfold-song-1327034173/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-fourfold-song-1327034173/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:36:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-fourfold-song-1327034173/ By Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohein Kook There is a person who sings the song of his soul. He finds everything, his complete spiritual satisfaction, within his soul. There is a person who sings the song of the nation. He steps forward from his private soul, which he finds narrow and uncivilized. He yearns for the [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd2-1327019766/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd2-1327019766/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:36:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd2-1327019766/ G-d bless the singlepeople alone and lonelymarried ones also Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1-1326989178/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1-1326989178/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:06:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1-1326989178/ Your misperception affects me if I let it Why would I allow? Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-9-1326957970/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-9-1326957970/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:26:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-9-1326957970/ A blossoming cold: Chicken soup, melt-away cakemake it feel better Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-7-1326951497/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-7-1326951497/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:38:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-7-1326951497/ “THAT was a good one,”makes comedians wonder,and aslo poets. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-6-1326950647/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-6-1326950647/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:24:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-6-1326950647/ Only on Facebook can you like without “like”-ing and not like, but “like” Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-5-1326950165/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-5-1326950165/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:16:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-5-1326950165/ H.A.L.T. is dangerous: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, withTired underneath Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-4-1326949327/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-4-1326949327/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:02:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-4-1326949327/ What can you hurry?Neither love nor life nor thisThe simple haiku Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-3-1326948846/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-3-1326948846/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:54:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-3-1326948846/ Man must be fatherto the child inside himas he makes choices Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-2-1326936371/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-2-1326936371/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:26:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-2-1326936371/ Honor trauma, wounds But don’t become worshipful Acknowledge, let go Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1326931445/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1326931445/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:04:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1326931445/ Sitting at his screen Distracted by hallway noise He nurses a cold Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/great-advice-regarding-thinking-before-speaking-1326847701/ http://www.jewpi.com/great-advice-regarding-thinking-before-speaking-1326847701/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:48:21 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/great-advice-regarding-thinking-before-speaking-1326847701/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/as-bon-iver-plays-on-rdio-1326846723/ http://www.jewpi.com/as-bon-iver-plays-on-rdio-1326846723/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:32:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/as-bon-iver-plays-on-rdio-1326846723/ I prefer not to mention Facebook in this space. (Although a search reveals that I have referenced that site in several posts .) I post on Facebook at a rate that most people would refer to as often.  I do that because I have more tangible evidence of life on Facebook than on my blog. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-inspired-by-my-first-period-10s-class-1326729128/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-inspired-by-my-first-period-10s-class-1326729128/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:52:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-inspired-by-my-first-period-10s-class-1326729128/ Days hum by like songsLooked back at they’re never longHere for now then gone Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/fresh-poetry-caught-in-the-bloodstream-this-morning-1326691445/ http://www.jewpi.com/fresh-poetry-caught-in-the-bloodstream-this-morning-1326691445/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:24:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/fresh-poetry-caught-in-the-bloodstream-this-morning-1326691445/ Sarcasm is a temptress.  She is a member of the Victim-hood family, of the Cambridge Victim-hoods. Perhaps you’ve encountered her sisters Anger and Cynicism. I will say it straight out.  I wish that poetry was more red and appreciated, more main stream.  I wish my poetry was ditto ditto ditto. I wish there were more [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/of-late-i-think-of-polka-dots-1326686767/ http://www.jewpi.com/of-late-i-think-of-polka-dots-1326686767/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:06:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/of-late-i-think-of-polka-dots-1326686767/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/purple-with-white-dots-2012-1326657366/ http://www.jewpi.com/purple-with-white-dots-2012-1326657366/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:56:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/purple-with-white-dots-2012-1326657366/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/thats-me-in-the-corner-1326651381/ http://www.jewpi.com/thats-me-in-the-corner-1326651381/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:16:21 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/thats-me-in-the-corner-1326651381/ I just chanced upon this post . I was surprised that I didn’t answer the questions of lavender garden and anonymous straight up. The photo was an erev Yom Kippur photo op for a tiny local paper.  They asked if someone could bring in a kittel and my mother was there when they asked, so I got [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/cmon-get-happy-1326609246/ http://www.jewpi.com/cmon-get-happy-1326609246/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:34:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/cmon-get-happy-1326609246/ I am starting this post now, at 11: 48 – when will it end?  Some time tonight/this morning.  I’m waxing nostalgic in several ways. The good old days, not sure when they were, but I miss them.About a month ago I gave a scholar in residence talk about happiness.  Beforehand I searched my apartment for [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/twenty-questions-on-sefer-shmot-1326588244/ http://www.jewpi.com/twenty-questions-on-sefer-shmot-1326588244/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:44:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/twenty-questions-on-sefer-shmot-1326588244/ Who’s the first adopted person described in the Torah? How many times are the words makah or makot used in regard to the plagues. What are the explanations of Rashi and Ramban for why the Jews cried when the king died? (credit for each) Give an educational reason stated in the Torah as the point [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/erev-shabbos-1326495967/ http://www.jewpi.com/erev-shabbos-1326495967/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:06:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/erev-shabbos-1326495967/ 1: 12 PM – Ten years ago no longer seems like a long time to me. When I was ten it did. Yesterday I told a colleague that I recalled when he painted his face the four colors of the four grade teams of Shiriyah.  ”That was a long time ago, Neil,” he said to [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/frisch-sophomore-shiriyah-video-2012-1326436332/ http://www.jewpi.com/frisch-sophomore-shiriyah-video-2012-1326436332/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:32:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/frisch-sophomore-shiriyah-video-2012-1326436332/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/10-questions-on-sefer-shmot-810-adapted-from-torah-teasers-by-rabbi-moshe-erlbaum-based-on-the-1326435846/ http://www.jewpi.com/10-questions-on-sefer-shmot-810-adapted-from-torah-teasers-by-rabbi-moshe-erlbaum-based-on-the-1326435846/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:24:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/10-questions-on-sefer-shmot-810-adapted-from-torah-teasers-by-rabbi-moshe-erlbaum-based-on-the-1326435846/ 1. Who is called a kohein in Parshat Shmot? 2. Where is snow mentioned in Paeshat Shmot? 3.Where is a hotel mentioned in Parshat Shmot? 4. State two places in Sefer Shmot where straw is mentioned. 5. Who was married to a bird? 6.  In Parshat Va’Eirah, what is referred to as a morasha ? [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%8ebe-thine-own-palace-or-the-worlds-thy-jail-john-donne-1326375375/ http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%8ebe-thine-own-palace-or-the-worlds-thy-jail-john-donne-1326375375/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:36:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%8ebe-thine-own-palace-or-the-worlds-thy-jail-john-donne-1326375375/ ‎”Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.” – John Donne Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/in-memory-of-ruth-stone-1326331713/ http://www.jewpi.com/in-memory-of-ruth-stone-1326331713/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:28:33 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/in-memory-of-ruth-stone-1326331713/ So What  By Ruth StoneFor me the great truths are laced with hysteria. How many Einsteins can we tolerate? I leap into the uncertainty principle. After so many smears, you want to wash it off with a laugh. Ha ha, you say. So what if it’s a meltdown? Last lines to poems I will write [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1326320165/ http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1326320165/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:16:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hotd-1326320165/ Air like life blessings Consistently bestowed Taken for granted Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/two-thoughts-on-vayechi-1325804807/ http://www.jewpi.com/two-thoughts-on-vayechi-1325804807/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:06:47 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/two-thoughts-on-vayechi-1325804807/ Rav Chaim Schmuelvitz suggests that the name Yisrael connotes happiness while Yaakov reflects sadness. He says this is clear at the start of VaYechi: “And it came to pass after these things that someone said to Yoseph: ‘Behold, your father is sick.’ And he took with him his two sons, Menasheh and Ephraim. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/asarah-beteiveit-1325804051/ http://www.jewpi.com/asarah-beteiveit-1325804051/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:54:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/asarah-beteiveit-1325804051/ Tragedies start small while we still have time to change Time to take the chance The tenth of Tevet commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem.  A year and a half later (on the seventeenth of Tamuz) the walls were penetrated. Three weeks after that (on the ninth of Av) the Beit HaMikdash was [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/my-her-neshamah-have-an-aliyah/ http://www.jewpi.com/my-her-neshamah-have-an-aliyah/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:38:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/my-her-neshamah-have-an-aliyah/ I am speechless, sleepless, less – on mom’s second Yahrtzeit. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-3-2/ http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-3-2/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:56:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-3-2/ Less an illusion Life is a grand allusion There’s got to be more Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-too/ http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-too/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:48:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-too/ I feel minimizedCriticized inside your eyesWhile I try to rise Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-of-the-day-7/ http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-of-the-day-7/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:16:32 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/haiku-of-the-day-7/ Tests to take, to grade Daily we judge and are judged Life is a long test. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/short-poems-by-frank-robinson/ http://www.jewpi.com/short-poems-by-frank-robinson/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:22:21 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/short-poems-by-frank-robinson/ Every morning in the half-light  the ghost of me slowly reappears After all these years,old age comes not as a prizebut as a test.Dozing on the bus,I completely missed the beautiful view again.Such energy -as if they had been waiting all their livesto be eightySurrounded by flowers,surrounded by people -I should learn their names. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/on-the-shore-haiku/ http://www.jewpi.com/on-the-shore-haiku/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:06:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/on-the-shore-haiku/ Unafraid, he flies over water and through sky. Is that bird thinking? 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