ben Alexander

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1. David, thank you for liking my post yesterday. I do not have many followers and it was a boost to receive your positive “like”. I find it remarkable that we are communicating across the globe. All of us exuding the gifts given us from above and sharing those gifts! Blessings to you and yours! Jan Troidle

   1. Janet, it was a beautiful, poignant, beautiful, heartfelt post. I felt lucky to come across it.

      Where are you located?

      Yours,
      David

      1. Upstate NY, Ballston Lake. This was my first post in months…been in a funk and your encouragement most helpful. thanks a million!

         1. 🤗 Janet 🤗

      2. I’m sitting outside on my porch for morning prayer time. The emerald grass and fucia flowers are singing to my soul a song of peace and beauty. Our God is so good!

      3. I know my writing and poetry is very basic, but yours, yours is exquisite, so different, magnetic. You are blessed!

         1. That’s so kind of you, Janet❣️

            Sincerely,
            David

2. Hi David, just wanted to drop by to say hello and to thank you for visiting my website. There’s so much creativity and inspiration out there in the wordpress world, it’s beautiful to see.
   Sending all good wishes for you and your writing!
   Jill London

   1. Thanks, Jill – that’s very kind of you, and I entirely agree! ❤

      All best,
      David

3. David, I always appreciate your appreciation for my scribbles on Friendly Freethinker. As a former minister and once-upon-a-faith “jews for jesus” guy, it’s good to connect with another freethinker in Jerusalem. Shalom to you and in your life!

   1. Chris, I find your writing to be incredibly refreshing, TBH. I’m really glad that bloggers like you are around – your writings reinforce my confidence in my sanity 🙂

      Yours,
      David

4. Thank you for continuously reading and liking my poems. I can’t imagine what drives you to read them, also liking them. But I’m really appreciative of it. Thanks again!

   1. Are you kidding? Your style is great! 💗

      Yours,
      David

      1. Thank you so much. I’m humbled.

5. Hi David,
   just to show you nervous I was at my Reading yesterday,,I gave you a shout out as ben and after I said Kaushal, our mutual reader friend so it sounded like ben Kaushal…interesting combination but not what I wanted to say:) Sorry about that:) I was of course, thinking of you🌹

   1. No worries, Karima 😀
      (if I were to make a joke, I would suggest that I do have that effect on people!)

      ❤
      David

6. Hello David, thank you for liking my latest post. I like your ‘The Sceptic’s Kaddish’. I learned a lot about English while teaching it to Spanish students. John Dickinson

   1. John, I really liked your song – well done! and thank you!

      ❤
      David

7. I wanted to comment on The skeptic’s kaddish but I couldn’t find a comment box. Loved it, especially ‘English breaks upon the teeth’ (I hope I quoted that correctly; I don’t have the post in front of me).

   1. Linda, thank you so much. It was… intense to write that piece – it was more or less the first thing I wrote in my father’s memory after completing a year of writing about him and about kaddish on a weekly basis…

      If you’d like, here’s the post with that poem, which you can feel free to leave comments directly upon –

      https://skepticskaddish.com/2020/05/08/natural-english-or-sidespin/

      Thank you again ❤
      David

      1. It’s funny how some poetry comes easily and some you have to drag out, but both can be emotionally draining.

8. i do. i love the language. when i returned to the usa, i continued exploring Hebrew by way of the cabbala & spiritual tarot (which includes also the Hebrew alphabet). it has been many years now, but Hebrew is still close to my heart.

   1. 🤗

9. great to get a closer look at your blog! i lived in jerusalem in the mid 1960’s on rehov shmuel hanavi after living on two kibbutzim first. it was my coming-of-age adventure! i remember jerusalem fondly, as well as kibbutz maayan tsvi for the ulpan where i learned hebrew & then kibbutz ein gedi by the dead sea where i became a member.

   your blog brings back wonderful memories! ❤️thank you!🙏🏼

   1. Swadharma, it’s nice to meet you 🙂

      How’s your Hebrew nowadays? Do you remember any of it from those days? 🙂

      Yours,
      David

10. Hi, thank you for visiting my site. I loved reading your work, but not finished yet. You’ve gained a new follower here. I am new here, and I am not sure why I cannot find the like button on some of the posts.

    1. Hi, Jonah 🙂

       Nice to meet you.

       Recently, I’ve been putting together some blogging tips for new WordPress bloggers – maybe you’ll find these helpful!

       All best,
       David

11. David, I’m having a hard time accessing your blog posts from the WP app. I will try my best to continue reading your blog, but I might not be able to toggle the Like button. I apologize for my limitations.

    1. Rosliw,

       Thanks for letting me know ❤
       That's very sweet of you

       -David

       1. Frankly, I felt obligated, when you have been such a loyal reader, yourself. I will look for your skeptical kaddish in the reader. Shalom.

          1. 💖

12. I think around 1910 to Chicago. My mother was born in Costa Rica in the late 40’s:) My mother is no longer alive, Allah yirhamha! I have an interesting blood mixture:)

    1. That is interesting! I’ve been wondering how/why you live in Costa Rica 🙂

       1. Dear Ben — It is wonderful that you have visited with me on my blog and I am so pleased. Thank you. I want to tell you I have looked at your blog and am fascinated with it. Keep up the good work and thanks again.

          1. John, it’s very nice to meet you!

             Please feel free to call me by my first name, which is ‘David’. The word ‘ben’ is Hebrew for ‘son of’, and my father’s name was ‘Alexander’. ‘ben Alexander’ thus became my pen name, but I’m actually a ‘David’ ❤

             All best,
             David

             1. King David of Ancient Israel was one of my favorite heroes. David Ben Oshie of Brooklyn, New York is an Internet friend and my baby sitter for years, Jeanette Juand was Jewish … possibly by conversion. Now you have been courteous and kind to me so I am much appreciative. Thank you. Be blessed in all that you do.

             2. You too, John. Thank you very much for your kind words ❤

                Yours,
                David