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Amichai Chasson
Yehuda Amichai and the Jerusalem of the Middle
Yehuda Amichai's poetry brought angels and garbage collectors together on the streets of Jerusalem.
Pogrom: A Poem
Will the hunters come again to our abode tonight, seeking our souls with gun threats? Will they come quiet and furtive, until the crack of a shot cuts through the crickets? Perhaps they will arrive with a shofar blast like the lords of the land subduing the world, bringing their sons to teach them the wiles of war, carrying our…