Great Regulars: The Israeli Moshav Mevo Modi'im, founded by

Shlomo Carlebach in 1976, has a major artist population, including painters, writers and musicians. Among them, originally hailing from Claremont, Calif., lives poet Chaim Rosenblum with his wife and seven children. We're featuring three of his works on The Arty Semite today.

The first piece is more than a mere father-and-son poem--it is propelled by the tense juxtaposition of the struggling, shaky voice of the father against the confident, methodical ways of the son.

from Forward: The Arty Semite: One Moshav's Best Kept Secret: The Poetry of Chaim Rosenblum

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