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Judy Belsky Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice in Ramat Bet Shemesh. She has been the Facilitator of MASK Jerusalem for the past eight years. She is a clinical supervisor of mental health and at risk programs in Israel. She lectures on marriage and family, at risk issues, hypnosis and bereavement. She is the author of Thread of Blue a memoir written when her son died. To balance the intensity of her work, she plays with her grandchildren and is a visual artist. |
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Articles by Dr. Judy Belsky
Dr. Belsky's website
Abstract Stages of Recovery in a MASK Group
http://www.maskparents.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=126
Poet's Corner
Passover Scarfby Judy Belsky
my father wraps the matza in it
I place it on my shoulder
to rehearse the weight
of freedom
smooth against my cheek
fragrant with my mother's perfume
my father's chant
we are slaves in the land of Egypt
and they afflict us
and we cry to the G-d of our Fathers
and the Holy One blessed be He
redeems us from their hands
over rise
and fall
I dream back
four centuries
my father
is a physician
in the court of the king
at night he dips his feather
into rich blue ink
I read honor and wealth
I hear prayer images of silver and gold
have ears but do not hear
I read chaos and betrayal
I hear prayer do not trust in princes
I read torture and death
I hear prayer straits of the grave seize me
I hear an offer to become Christian
we abandon our homes
the church takes our wealth
in my flight I cry
mankind is false
we leave by boat
in dying light
my father says
water is ink
write an ocean
as long as your eye can see
prayer
as long as two arcs reach
home
anywhere
you find
His voice
upon the water
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