Author : Akiva

I made this little songbook for my Moishe House with the help of my dear friend Adah Hetko.

I’m getting my wisdom teeth out this week. My hygienist and two oral surgeons recommended extraction, but you know what? Did I trust them? Well, sorta.

The best challah you’ll ever taste.¹

Challah (3 loaves)

Ingredients

1 Tbs yeast
1.5 C warm water
3 eggs
~5-6 cups flour (you can do all white, half-half, or 1/4 whole wheat)
1 TBs salt
1/3 C oil
1/2 C sugar

My Bachelor Thesis

The results of my toils in college: Contradiction & Dichotomy: David Bergelson and Itzik Manger Confront the Bible, an eighty-six page exploration of the badass poetry of Itzik Manger and a fascinating story by David Bergelson.

My second independent project in college: analyzing how the German translation of Morris Rosenfeld’s Yiddish sweatshop poetry changd it from a messianic work into political zionist poems.

Blossoms from the Dust: A model for salvation

A close reading of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem Dich wundert nicht des Sturmes Wucht (You are not surprised at the force of the storm).