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Chaya Lester

Chaya Lester

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Time to dive….

05.12.2023 20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Chaya Lester

May this letter never be sent…

There’s a tradition in army families. Before soldiers set out to service they leave a letter. A just-in-case letter. Well, we are all suddenly like...

06.11.2023 6

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Chaya Lester

Poem for a People on the Precipice

There’s this fathomless deep crease that will not be decreased even by time and a hundred-thousand ceaseless therapies. It is a part of us now...

02.11.2023 10

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Chaya Lester

Abraham’s Army

Suddenly a soldier When just a moment ago, a father At his computer; a commuter To Tel Aviv… Now working at a screen is a luxury; a tea-time dainty...

01.11.2023 7

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Chaya Lester

Feeling ‘peaced off’…again

I have reserved a phrase for how I feel in war time in Israel. “Peaced off.” Loosely defined as: That confused, somewhat shameful yet justifiably...

26.10.2023 10

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Chaya Lester

‘Never Again’ Came & Went

‘Never Again’ Is no longer our slogan. ‘Again’ came & went. October 7th rendered it irrelevant …and good riddance. Because we have wrapped...

24.10.2023 30

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Chaya Lester

Losing it

Day 15: Documenting ‘losing it’. Today was my day to lose it. Last night walking home from Friday night prayer a man in his early 20s came up too...

22.10.2023 30

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Chaya Lester

If I should die….

If I should die I want them to say I died on the front lines Of the fight of Good against Evil. That I spent my days knee-deep in human decency...

13.10.2023 10

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Chaya Lester

I wept at the shuk this morning

I admit, I wept At the shuk this morning Talking to the fruit seller About the weather and the cucumbers …and the war It wasn’t empty today, like...

10.10.2023 8

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Chaya Lester

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