Sharp Longing, in Jerusalem
Ты пахнешь Израилем: You smell of Israel, my mother says to me every time I return from Israel. The truth is, this smell never goes away.
Liza Michaeli is a poet and philosopher. Her first book originating in her dissertation, “Recovering the Pain,” considers what it means to say “yes” to life, physically, the pathetic difficulty, that is, of living. Her second, “How We Are With One Another,” considers what it takes to be human with one another. She is completing a doctorate in Rhetoric, with Designated Emphases in Critical Theory and Jewish Studies, at the University of California, Berkeley and is presently a Visiting Scholar at the Hebrew University.
Ты пахнешь Израилем: You smell of Israel, my mother says to me every time I return from Israel. The truth is, this smell never goes away.