A Sense of Israel

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Observations on life in Israel through the senses and sensibilities of a Jerusalem writer, poet, and mother.

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About Sheryl Abbey

I am a writer, poet, and mother. I was born in Bergenfield, New Jersey to German-Jewish refugees in 1965, and moved to Jerusalem, Israel in 1999; I have lived here ever since. In 2022, I published a poetry collection, Along the Edge of Absence.

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