The Azedarach Tree

What a father sees from his window in the dark of an October night triggers painful memories in Haim Watzman's new Necessary Story

Thirst

In this Necessary Story for Rosh Hashanah, Haim Watzman tells of a father who seeks out the son he sent away, with his mother, many years before

When you’re demonstrating against Bibi, you can’t hurry love, you just have to wait, according to Haim Watzman’s new Necessary Story

Two boys take a hike with their father in an unexpected direction in Haim Watzman’s Necessary Story for this month

In this month's Necessary Story, Haim Watzman tells of a family in crisis after its first-grader skips school for a space trip

Tikun

A Necessary Story for Shavuot: A Shas door-to-door emissary explains the holiday to a non-religious woman — and tells her own story in the process

Doors

Being alone and being together — a Necessary Story for Passover in the time of the coronavirus

Masks

Haim Watzman offers a Necessary Story for this Purim season, about men and masks

On the Fast Train

In Haim Watzman’s new Necessary Story, a woman finds friendship, but not her own, on the fast train to Jerusalem

Heavens

Haim Watzman's new Necessary Story ponders love, heartbreak and the night sky as a team of IDF reserve soldiers deals with a romantic crisis in the West Bank

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