Archive - Sarah’s Substack - Picking Lemons

A Thousand Feelings of War

There is so much I want you to know about life now in Jerusalem

Jun 20 •

The Sound of Silence: Why are Good People Silent?

Reflections about the present and the Farhud

Jun 10 •

May 2025

The Battle for the Soul in the Age of AI

Includes a HUMAN vs AI Test with an Elegy Poem for Olga Meshoe Washington

May 20 •

April 2025

I Want to Tell You What the Blind Girl Saw

Bless Us to See Each Other Again - How to return to hope and unity.

Apr 29 •

Squeezing Sweet Sorrow - Making Date Syrup for Passover Seder

Hope is living in the unknown together. Entering the gap, sharing our stories, our pain and pleasure and holding them together. Plus Beautiful Poster…

Apr 11 •

March 2025

We Have Each Other

This is how to fight terror and hate. This is our strength, as humans, as Jews, as seekers of all that is mysterious, harmonious and beautiful in this…

Mar 24 •

I Am Looking for Light

Be the Light is more than a slogan - it's an everyday choice. We need your light. Includes video of baking cheese sambusek in Judeo-Arabic.

Mar 6 •

February 2025

Planting Our Hearts in the Dark

It is all we don't know that makes us human. It is the heart we share that makes life beautiful. + Middle Eastern Masgouf Grilled Fish Recipe

Feb 17 •

My grandmother said. And now I see our released hostages. See how they smile despite their suffering + Holocaust Remembrance Day Poem

Feb 3 •

January 2025

How we wrap grief and find comfort in these unpredictable times of loss.

Jan 17 •

December 2024

The Joy of Sharing

How we keep what we share + my Iraqi Jewish grandmother's Baclawa Recipe

Dec 31, 2024 •

Joy is Resilience

How we build resilience through our stories.

Dec 16, 2024 •

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