Israeli bomb shelter hidden by the green leaves of plants

Ten Minutes

A siren warns of an incoming missile but the Lutsky family spot a stranger just as they are about to enter their safe room. They invite him in. By Ellis Shuman.

Fiction

Diamond Branch
Israeli bomb shelter hidden by the green leaves of plants

Ten Minutes

A siren warns of an incoming missile but the Lutsky family spot a stranger just as they are about to enter their safe room. They invite him in. By Ellis Shuman.

At the movies

Mysteries of the Universe

She was a ‘bit of everything and a lot of noise’ her mom used to say but you could feel that all Alice wanted to be, was grown. By Lucie Pagé

Preparing food for a loved one

Swimming like the Centre of the Flames

It would have been simpler if once Allison came out to them, her mother had disowned her, sat shiva like my Orthodox parents were advised by to do but didn’t. Instead, her mother hugged her, then scrutinized her closely and never brought it up again. By Danila Botha

Israeli bomb shelter hidden by the green leaves of plants

Ten Minutes

A siren warns of an incoming missile but the Lutsky family spot a stranger just as they are about to enter their safe room. They invite him in. By Ellis Shuman.

At the movies

Mysteries of the Universe

She was a ‘bit of everything and a lot of noise’ her mom used to say but you could feel that all Alice wanted to be, was grown. By Lucie Pagé

Preparing food for a loved one

Swimming like the Centre of the Flames

It would have been simpler if once Allison came out to them, her mother had disowned her, sat shiva like my Orthodox parents were advised by to do but didn’t. Instead, her mother hugged her, then scrutinized her closely and never brought it up again. By Danila Botha

Non-Fiction

Moon Gem
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A Different Kind of Homecoming

I have always loved Berlin, a green, lively, welcoming place. But this recent visit combined memories, a roots trip and a handover of family papers to the archivists at Berlin’s Jewish Museum. I cried. I felt as though these documents, like me, were coming home. By Janet Guttsman

20241023 200657

Father in Exile

Twenty years ago today, Gilbert’s wife, pregnant with their second child, took their almost 3-year old on a roundtrip flight to Buenos Aires. She never came back, launching years of heartache.

image 50398721

A Different Kind of Homecoming

I have always loved Berlin, a green, lively, welcoming place. But this recent visit combined memories, a roots trip and a handover of family papers to the archivists at Berlin’s Jewish Museum. I cried. I felt as though these documents, like me, were coming home. By Janet Guttsman

20241023 200657

Father in Exile

Twenty years ago today, Gilbert’s wife, pregnant with their second child, took their almost 3-year old on a roundtrip flight to Buenos Aires. She never came back, launching years of heartache.

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