October 1, 2023 ❤ Pass me by Alice Shalvi, the master teacher/educator/leader crossed to the light today at the age of 97 and I dedicate this poem in her honor and…
September 30, 2023 ❤ Take Me to the Deep I have to research when exactly I wrote this poem, but it was sometime between 2016 to 2018. From Jerusalem with love, Yvette…
September 28, 2023 ❤ Yom Kippur 5784: In Cooperation, We Can Do Miracles This Yom Kippur we joined our Jerusalem community Nava Tehila at the Nature Museum for Yom Kippur 5784. However, thanks to Israeli documentarist Gil…
September 28, 2023 ❤ They Want Me to Be Half of Me I wrote this poem on March 8, 2015 inspired by the International Women’s Day taking place annually on the 8th of March. I had…
September 25, 2023 ❤ Inner Freedom I wrote Inner Freedom on September 14, 2020. From Jerusalem with love, Yvette Nahmia-Messinas Inner Freedom I see the evil,…
September 22, 2023 ❤ They All Sound Like Love Songs Shalom, (Greek follows English) Today I felt that the hope for peace in the Middle East was rekindled, through Benjamin Netanyahu’s inspiring speech to…
September 18, 2023 ❤ Goodbye Dear Aunt Eftychia Nahmia-Nachman The English text follows the Greek one. Με μεγάλη θλίψη, αλλά συγχρόνως με μεγάλη ευγνωμοσύνη που ΄ήταν μέρος της ζωής μου, της οικογένειας Ναχμία…
September 18, 2023 ❤ Elias Messinas’ Book “To Synagoi” and the Romaniote Synagogue of Athens Yesterday, Saturday on the very first day of Rosh Hashana 5784, I went to my weekly Randez Vous with friends from the Greek…
September 18, 2023 ❤ Family, Friends and Community and Coming out of Depression Another New Year’s eve spent with our dear family in Tel Aviv. Here I am pictured with my beloved great aunt Frida Camhi, a…