I am honored to be a contributor to this wonderful book in which Jewish activists tell their deeply personal stories about how they came to hold the beliefs they do. I was pleased to review it for Mondoweiss (January 14, 2013).
I hardly ever write poetry but I wrote Know Water after hearing David Rothenberg speak. He published it on his terrain site–where issues of the natural and built environment are pondered and illuminated. http://www.terrain.org/poetry/6/kahan.htm
The Idea of Cuba Hazel Kahan I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. (Isaiah, 49:6) photograph © Hazel Kahan La Bodeguita del Medio bar in Havana. I It’s December 31st, 1999, the eve of the millennium, and it’s […]
My review of The Arrogant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, From Cairo to Brooklyn by Lucette Lagnado, published in the East Hampton Star, December 1, 2011. Varieties of Jewish Experience
I wrote this article after I returned from my visit to Lahore. It was published by the East Hampton Star on June 1, 2011.
Born to German Jewish refugee physicians in Lahore (now Pakistan, then British India) Hazel has lived, studied and worked in many places–India, England, Australia, Israel and the United States. She makes her home in the woods of the eastern end of Long Island, New York where she produces the art of leafages, the radio sounds of Tidings and writes about growing up Jewish in Lahore. Read more about Hazel…
Leafages by Hazel Kahan are made from real leaves, vines and tendrils interwoven with calligraphy, decorative pen and ink flourishes and imaginary Latin botanical names. Leafages contain a philosophical or inspirational thought, quotation or verse from sages, poets or religious texts. Some leafages are specially created for an individual, a couple or a family with words or leaves reflecting their personal narrative. They are available on the Leafages shop on Etsy although the supply is low right now, all my energies having been absorbed by the book I’ve been writing. Do come back soon when the shop will be full of new leafage abundance or contact me.
