Aphorisms by Rifkah Goldberg
Posted on June 5, 2008
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Rifkah Goldberg was born in London in 1950, but has been living in Jerusalem since 1975. A biochemist and a painter, she started writing poetry and presenting it at Jerusalem Poetry Slams in the late 1990s after going through the trauma of a divorce. Her work has appeared in the U.S., England and Israel. In common with many other aphorists, personal trauma led her to an interest in aphorisms, which she has collected in Therapy through Aphorisms. Her aphorisms are refreshingly bleak, offering no quick therapeutic fix for life’s many blemishes and bruises.
The main problem with people is that they are human.
Children inherit their parents’ unfinished business.
You can never have a second first marriage.
There is no end to divorce.
Life is a losing battle.
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Rifkah Goldberg gives her bleak aphorisms an unusual turn.
Let me offer one in counterpoint:
The traditionalist said, “Do not assume that the train is making no progress because it travels between the same two points day after day.”
Rifkah Goldberg’s aphorisms are among the most penetrating and insightful I have ever read. What is amazing about them also is that some are tremendously funny. They crack you up when you read them. They are just such a great joy to read.
I have seen a book-size manuscript of Aphorisms of hers and I believe that should it be published it will be recognized as a classic of the genre.