Monthly Archives: June 2014

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When you wish it were not #TBT 1

This entry was posted in new material and tagged Eyal Yifrach Gilad Sha'ar Hamas Israelis kidnapping Naftali Frenkel terrorism West Bank on June 30, 2014 by Marla Cohen.

Their three faces, laid out in tiny mug shots across my Facebook feed, stare back, accompanied by the hashtag #BringBackOurBoys. Pray for them, hold a vigil, condemn their captors, bring them home. It is not the message, but their number that brings me up short. I see three faces and I am transported back to […]

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Finding the divine in what rises

This entry was posted in Essays new material and tagged baking breadmaking oenophilia viticulture wine-making on June 16, 2014 by Marla Cohen.

A yeasty smell emanates from the lower level of my house. It’s heavy and warm, both sweet and sour. It reminds me of my son when he was a baby — the smell of his neck on a hot summer’s day, a little…fermented. Fermentation is what’s going on in the dark of my basement. My […]

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