Yehuda Amichai, one of Israel’s most beloved poets, wrote a poem called “Remember and Remind,” a title which words better in Hebrew, Zichru ve-hazkiru.
We begin today with that poem, and my basic translation of it:
וְאָתָּם זוֹכְרִים רַק פָּנִים אַל תִּשְׁכְּחוּ אֶת הַיָּדַיִם הַמּוּשָׁטוֹת וְאֶת הָרַגְלַיִם הָרָצוֹת בְּקָלוֹת וְאֶת הַמִּלִּים . זִכְרוּ,…
