Reuven Goldfarb

Writer, editor, and teacher, Reuven Goldfarb has published poetry, stories, essays, articles, and Divrei Torah in scores of periodicals and anthologies and won several awards. Reuven published and edited AGADA, the illustrated Jewish literary magazine (1981-88), taught Freshman English at Oakland’s Merritt College (1988-97) and courses in Poetry Immersion and Short Story Intensive as a freelancer in Tzfat (2009-12). Goldfarb served the Aquarian Minyan as officer and service leader for 25 years and received s’micha from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi as Morenu, Maggid, and Rabbinic Deputy in 1993. He now works as a copy editor for books and manuscripts and coordinates monthly meetings for the Upper Galilee branch of Voices Israel. He and his wife Yehudit host classes, workshops, and a weekly Talmud shiur in their Galilee home.
Reuven and Yehudit Goldfarb
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My Platoon

Reuven Goldfarb feels that we're like a platoon, a unit in an army. and that we besiege the fortress of heaven with prayer. The poem is set on his former college campus that then segues into a synagogue quorum for prayer.

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Osborne Earl Smith
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Ozzie Smith Retires

Reuven Goldfarb recalls Osborne Earl Smith was a baseball shortstop who played in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals from 1978 to 1996. On June 19, 1996, Smith tearfully said he would retire after the Cardinals’ final game of the season.

By Reuven Goldfarb, ago