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the skeptic s kaddish skip to content the skeptic s kaddish menu about my kaddish after aveilut blog poetry 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 prose ethical will posts archive poetry partners w3 prompt reblogs natural english or sidespin a poem by ben alexander my papa once explained to me the genius of poe s poetry in making language lyrical that was much inert some tongues like french and russian flow but english breaks upon the teeth unless we pull chords deep beneath deep beneath the surface struggling mired in a b c remembering he who sired me limited to words my own chop py though they be these fingers english keyboards know grasp flailingly at fleeting dreams although it s then i truly see truly see him seeing me with talk he wouldn t be impressed i d rather offer something else reality itself undressed bereft i ve naught but language left now feeling i have naught to show here s peddling clever stanzas cheap while papa lies there deep beneath deep beneath the surface ben alexander in hebrew ben בן means son or son of david bogomolny was born in jerusalem to parents who made aliyah from the ussr in the mid 70 s he grew up in america and returned to israel as an adult he works as a program development officer for the israel democracy institute he and his wife and daughter live in jerusalem he began writing the skeptic s kaddish for the atheist in jerusalem israel 30 days after burying his father in south brunswick new jersey usa his series was originally published on the times of israel blogs read his kaddish memoir read his blog read his poetry read more in solidarity with ukraine солідарні з україною david ben alexander shalom from jerusalem friends when i launched this blog in spring 20 the openness and kindness of the wp community caught me unawares and continue warming my heart please don t hesitate to respond to my posts i make every effort to nurture respectful conversation much love david search for top posts mother s day or jerusalem for generations deep souled or cheeky scattered tongues or if i forget thee w3 prompt 210 wea ve written weekly half smiled or surfaced subscribe to blog via email enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address subscribe join 6 470 other subscribers wea ve written weekly w 3 poetry prompt kaddish blogs david bogomolny 18 19 ed colman 14 15 amy fechter 17 18 tamar fox 08 09 chanan kessler 12 chanan kessler 19 howard labow 12 13 judah lifschitz 14 15 elie rosenfeld 05 06 terry friedman wine 15 16 more in loving memory of my papa alexander bogomolny z l 1948 2018 cut the knot create a website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed the skeptic s kaddish join 6 470 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy the skeptic s kaddish subscribe subscribed sign up log in copy shortlink report this content view post in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar