No Music

We afflict ourselves today and remember thousands of years of fallen brothers and sisters and hold our breath in anticipation of another decimation to our nation. Our physical connection to the Shechinah has been destroyed in the squandering of our yetzias, the rubble of our Temples, our evictions from Spain, Britain, the first trainload to Auschwitz. We pray for geulah today, ours but not HaShem's. We will continue to win a losing battle until we ask in the right way. Then we will be given the return of the Shechinah in the hands and heart of Mashiach, to be placed on HaShem's holy mizbeach.

Poetry reading

Bengal Curry & Kabab
65 West Broadway
Downtown NYC

Sunday, March 15, 2009, 5:30 PM

T'kah B'shofar Gadol

"Sound the great shofar for our freedom, raise a banner to gather our exiles, and bring us together from the four corners of the earth." Our rabbis have told us the deliberate attack on the Chabad House of Mumbai is our wake-up call. If this is so, the Hamas rocket and mortar firings into Israel are a clarion call for all Jews to unite, with one voice as one nation. Indeed, Ahavas Yisrael, love of our fellow Jews, is a commandment in G-d's Torah.

If we are to survive as Children of Israel, we must rise above the differences between Ashkenazis and Sephardis, Chasids and Reformists, Conservatives, Reconstructionists and Renewalists. If we are to thrive, we must rise above the differences between the Jewish diaspora and the Jews of Israel.

Ahavas Yisrael - Love your fellow Jew.

G-d has shown His love for us by how few of us have died in this war with Hamas, and how few of us died in the war with Hezbollah in 2006.

Ahavas Yisrael - Love your fellow Jew.

This is the way to show our love for Him. How? Give charity to Jewish causes. Share Shabbos and holidays with family, neighbors and friends. Light Shabbos candles. Afix mezuzos. Help someone don tefillin. Support the Israel Defense Forces.

Ahavas Yisrael - Love your fellow Jew.

May G-d give us the strength, physically and spiritually, to be prepared in unity for the coming of His Righteous Messiah. Amen.

Mazal tov! Mazal tov!

After 8 years, my first chapbook, For My Relations, self-published in 2000, has finally sold out. Copies of Dances With Tears are still available. Please see my profile for purchasing coordinates.

Poetry reading

Patricia Carragon presents a Brownstone Poets event:

Efrayim Levenson
with Thomas Guarnera & Miriam Stanley

The Fall Cafe
307 Smith Street
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn NYC

Tuesday, 11/18/2008, 7 PM

Open Mic to open

Poetry reading

Earth's Daughters presents a Gray Hair poetry event:

Efrayim Levenson
w/ Dr. George T. Hole

Hallwalls Gallery
@ Ani DiFranco's Babeville
341 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo NY

Wednesday 11/12/2008, 7 PM, $5

Poetry Reading

Chabad of Rego Park
62-38 99th Street
Rego Park NY

$10 donation includes a barbecue in celebration of La'G B'Omer.

Poetry Reading

Please come to a reading by Riverside Poetry Workshop (an Upper West Fest 2008 event presented by West Side Arts Coalition):

Second Presbyterian Church
6 West 96th Street
NYC
Thursday, May 15th, 2008, 7:00 PM

Do you believe it, a chasid reading poetry in a church? I think they'll be able to stand it.

April is for Poetry

Please check out my poems Electrocuted Tears and Mountain Dance on:
http://www.gcast.com/u/pradapoet/April_is_for_Poetry

Poetry Reading

Please come to the next Poets Wear Prada Reading:

LaNegrita
999 Columbus Avenue
New York NY

Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 7:30 PM

Poetry Reading

Please come to the Poets Wear Prada reading at:

Jimmy's No. 43 Stage
43 East 7th Street
East Village NYC

Monday, December 3, 2007, 7 PM

Poetry Reading

Colony Cafe
22 Rock City Road
Woodstock NY

Monday, November 12, 2007, 7:00 PM

Poetry on WKCR

My next poetry reading will be Friday, September 7th, 9-10 PM EDT, on

WKCR 89.9 FM (Columbia University)

Outside the NYC area log in to http://www.wkcr.org/ and click on Live Broadcast

** For those concerned this event was prerecorded Sunday, May 27th, in the WKCR studios.**

Poetry Reading

The Perch Cafe
365 5th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn NYC

Tuesday, August 7th, 7:30PM

Poetry Reading

Please come to the next Poets Wear Prada reading:

Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street
Greenwich Village NYC

6:00 PM, Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Thank you

Thank you to all who attended my poetry reading June 3, 2007 at The Back Fence. More readings are coming soon so stay tuned!