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Rebbenu. Tovli was his Talmidah.

Congregation Shearith Israel--350 years old!
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Holiest Place in NYC. Tovli and Yosif were married there by Rabbi Marc Angel

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Haham Ovadia Yosef, shlita

Yosif and Tovli are members and supporters of...
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Please Support Rabbi Marc Angel and IDEAS

Ha Rav Obadia Yosef, Shlita
Riashon L'Tzion
(click to access his weekly lectures)

Rav Obadia Yosef blesses Shelomo Amar (shlitah)
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as Chief Rabbi of Israel

May wisdom and the light of our tzadikkim and holy Torah Scholars be recognized, celebrated and shared.  May all Jews live lives of Torah, show compassion to each other and the whole world. 

Rav Eliezer Berland, Shlita
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Support the publishig efforts of Beslov. Make the pilgrimage to Uman in 5767-8 (2007)

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The Carlebach Shul: Home away from home!

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Bais Chana--Yeshiva for Women

Tovli is an alumni of Bais Chana--Minnesota

Rabbi Manis Friedman
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Rabbi Vogel (l); Rabbi Mochkin (r) click picture
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Two dear friends and teachers. Support Chabad of Rochester, NY!

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The Rebbe (click for Chabad of Sarasota)

Reb Zalman--click on picture...
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...for a special letter to Rabbi Marc Angel.

Zeyde Zalman (click for "Zeyde Schmooze")
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Always a smile; always a kind word.

Rabbi Eli Mansour
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Please consider supporting his work.

Sadly, Tikvah's B & B has closed!
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Best Kosher Bed and Breakfast in West Virginia.

Grace Aguilar, poet and novelist
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Visit her web site by clicking on her picture.

Haham Yosif ben Haim, the ben Ish Hai
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Visit Countdown 100!

Bnai Jacob Synagogue, Charleston, WV
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Yes. WV has a traditional Jewish Community with two daily minyans!

Elisha Porat (click for his web-site)
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an awesome poet--please support his work

Click on Rebbenu's kever.
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Like this month's music selection? It is from The Moshav Band.

Tovli learned to write poetry from this man..
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Karl Shapiro 1913 -- 2000

...............and this man,
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Robert Bly

.....The American Poet
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click either picture to access his website!

Our Sephardic Sages
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click on

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In former good days, (Sweet) Menke--poet, artist, Kabbalist--occasionally critiqued Tovli's writings and accepted some of her poetry for publication.

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Menke Katz

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Collected works of Grace Aguilar--recently published

Yehuda Amichai--1924-2000
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The Untranslatable Amichai; the most widely translated Hebrew poet since King David.

Our Special Friends:

www.ravingdove.org

The best of the best!

 

www.ariga.com

Awesome magazine! Please read and support. 

Tovli’s poetry appeared August 05

 

 

The Writers' Circle is an excellent support group for writers interested in sharing stories, non-fiction and receiving feedback on partially completed manuscripts.  Poets' Circle is also available.  Both groups are an excellent resource to keep up on new ideas and opportunities in the writing field.  There is also a feature entitled "Shameless Mondays" where you can advertise your publications.  The group can be joined at  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/writercircle/ 

 

 

Writ-Oracle

Literary magazine showcasing writers or fiction, poetry and essays.  Also supports the work of artists and photographers.

http://www.thewrit.org/home/index.php?PHPSESSID=4260d0ab0fdcbddb0119cdbd8ebc4f36 

 

 

www.wvwriters.org

Looking for fun and support?  Here it is.

Join WV-Writers, Inc.

 

Some of us have fun at Writer's Cafe--check out Albert's Poetry Cafe and WV Poets and Writers' Workshop!  www.writerscafe.org

 

 

Support our friends at Jewish Magazine
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click to read articles and to make a donation......

Our cat Naftali sez.............
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Teach Someone to Read; Read to an Elder; Read to a Child!

Recommended Reading:

 

Rabbi Marc D. Angel:

The Search Committee--a novel by Rabbi Angel!

Choosing to be Jewish

Losing the Rat Race, Winning at Life

But Who Am I, And Who Are My People, R. Marc Angel

Voices in Exile,

Loving Truth and Peace...the world view of R. Benzion Uziel,

The Orphaned Adult

Rhythm of Sephardic Life

 

 

Rebbenu:

Holy Brother, Mandelbaum, Yitta 

Shlomo's Stories, Carlebach, S. and Mesiani, S. Carlebach

The Holy Beggars' Gazette, Shlomo Carlebach and R. Zalman

 

Music:

Live at Stubbs           Matziyahu

Malachim                   Moshav Band

Ruach                         David Zeller

Let It Go

 

 

Poetry:

Menke:  The Complete Poems  (translation) see icon above

The Bourgeois Poet, Karl Jay Shapiro

Poems of a Jew, Karl Jay Shapiro

O' The Chimneys, Nellie Sachs

The Seeker, Nellie Sachs

 

Short Fiction:

The Collected Stories of Grace Paley

The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka,  N. Glatzer

 

Longer Fiction:

The Novels of Naomi Ragen (www.naomiragen.com)

Pastures of Heaven, John Steinbeck

Edsel, Karl Jay Shapiro

Non-Fiction:

Anatomy of the Soul, Chaim Kramer

Song of the Soul, R. Yechiel Bar-Lev

The Possible Man, Meir Abehsera

The Wings of the Sun, Avraham Greenbaum

 

Multi-Media; News:

What's happening in Russia? (http://lenta.ru/)

Israeli news (www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/)

What is happening in Israel? (www.ariga.com)

Israeli Television-- (http://www.inntv.co.il/)   

English Version Available:   http://www.iba.org.il/

Israeli National Radio:  http://www.israelnationalradio.com/

Humor:

The Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers--Rip Off Press; Comics

Franz Kafka
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click for The Kafka Society of America

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Franz Kafka
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Support the Kafka Project (click)

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