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In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist

In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist

The challenge of friendship between two older bachelors in Jerusalem: Isaac, assistant to mystic Rabbi, and Mustafa, caretaker on Temple Mount.

2024

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Ruchama Feuerman

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Two Minute Madness

How to Kill Dear Adjectives When Writing

Mark Twain famously wrote, “When you catch an adjective, kill it.”

2 min readJul 10, 2020

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How to Kill Dear Adjectives When Writing

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The Writing Trick No One Ever Told You

I stumbled upon this writing tip by accident.

3 min readJul 18, 2020

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The writing trick no one ever told you. Hands performing card trick by the pool

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P.S. I Love You

Beautiful Lies My Father Told Me

The uses and abuses of storytelling

8 min readSep 2, 2020

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Beautiful Lies My Father Told Me

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P.S. I Love You

Why I Won’t Stand Out as a Jew Anymore

I’m afraid the diversity blanket spreading over America won’t cover me.

5 min readSep 17, 2020

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Why I Won’t Stand Out as a Jew Anymore

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ILLUMINATION

Campus Protesters: Conscience of our Nation?

Well, no

5 min readMay 16, 2024

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Campus Protesters: Conscience of our Nation?

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ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR

I Used to Have Holocaust Nightmares

But I’m done with those

9 min readMay 16, 2024

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I Used to Have Holocaust Nightmares

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ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR

The Dangers of the After Life

I chanced upon a scene in my computer files that didn’t make it into my novel, “In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist,” (which just got…

5 min readMay 9, 2024

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The Dangers of the After Life

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ILLUMINATION

The Matza Grumpies

A Passover Tale

5 min readApr 26, 2024

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The Matza Grumpies

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ILLUMINATION

Does Medium Suspect Me of Using AI

To Write My Articles?

4 min readApr 11, 2024

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Does Medium Suspect Me of Using AI

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ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR

In Pursuit of the Resistible

I‘m browsing a friend’s bookshelf (what better way to get a mini X-ray into someone’s soul?) and pick a paperback with an intriguing title…

6 min readApr 4, 2024

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In Pursuit of the Resistible

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Ruchama

Ruchama

Book Author

Short story writer, mother, wife, Jew, essayist, editor. My novels were published by St. Martin's Press, New York Review Books, & Open Road Media

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