Benjamin Senior Godines was a Dutch Jewish engraver and calligrapher active in Amsterdam, ca. 1679–1690. He is credited with several paintings and illustrations for birkonim (Grace after Meals booklets). He was the brother of the prominent poet and translator Moses Belmonte.
The road is long and wide
The road is long and resplendent
We all walk it till the very end
We all walk it until the bitter end
But I walk the road alone
I give thanks and sing Hallelujah
I sing a…
In this photograph shot on a snowy day in New York City, icy bare branches on the staircase of a building dwarf the people and two skyscrapers, creating a composition in which diagonal lines and…
The word of the Lord came to me: O mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them:
To the shepherds: Thus said the Lord God: Ah, you shepherds of Israel, who have been…