Hana Alisa Omer

Hana was born after the 2nd WW to a Jewish holocaust survivor mother and father. She grew up with gaping questions of faith and identity in the communist era in a small town in Czechoslovakia. Being Jewish with Hungarian mother tongue, caused her as a small child to hide her identity. Hana remembers herself feeling as an outsider - a second-rate citizen… Her mother miraculously survived the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Ravensbrück and the Deathmarch. Thus, Hana, her children, and her grandchildren are a miracle too.
Hana Alisa Omer

Mercy

Mercy רַחֲמִים That’s you walking with your head forward bowed, with sunken chest to the back stuck, like a street dog carrying blows. Ever so often to the left glancing, As if there was something threatening. Alas, no, your eyes are empty of content, the present without a breeze is Read more…

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