Parting Words
Asher Barash
1944
We know that a writer has no power except in the pen. Nevertheless there are times when it behooves us to alter the ordinary manner of expression. There are times when the author, too, must depart from the four ells of his study to make his voice heard collectively. We, the Hebrew authors in the Land of Israel, have assembled for the third time to…
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