Paul Jacobson

Tag: families

  • Tragedy of Normalcy in the Coronavirus Shadow

    Tragedy of Normalcy in the Coronavirus Shadow

    This coronavirus is an insidious thing. It pulls families apart when they desperately need to be together. A cliché in Israel is the phrase: “הכל בסדר” – “Everything is ok”. It isn’t, and it won’t be for a while yet.

  • Whether you should bring children into this world

    Now and then I hear a couple discussing whether they want to bring children into this world. The world isn’t becoming safer, quite the opposite, and you can understand a couple’s reluctance to have children in these uncertain times.

  • Generations on two park benches

    We had a family picnic at Emmarentia Dam recently and I came across these two couples sitting on benches along the shore and had to capture the moment. I see this and I just think about generations of people starting families on one hand and spending their final years together on the other. I also…