Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-20
The son of a resident sits on the stage in the shelter playing his guitar. He leads some of the crowd in singing "Oseh Shalom Bimromav" ("He Who Makes Peace...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-19
The roar from the Cultural Hall is deafening. I imagine that it could shake the elevators at the far end of the House into working properly. According to the...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-18
Today has been a blur. Both too much and nothing is going on. What had been disruption is settling into a punctuated stasis. I don't wonder whether there...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-17
A full alarm is sounding by the time that I get to the elevator. Several other people from my hall are waiting for it. One resident wanders past us to her...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-16
I'm still up and dressed when the day's first alarm sounds at about 1:30 AM. Only five people get to the shelter before me, but it eventually fills up....
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-15
As I settle down to try to sleep, late at night, I realize that I can't find my phone. I know it's somewhere in my apartment, but I don't see it. I'm not...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-14
Nothing much has happened today. At least not yet. We did have four or so alerts since I posted last night. Only one (or possibly two) led to alarms. I went...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-13
The door of the smaller elevator in our wing always squeaks the same three note sequence when it opens: a brief squawk somewhere above middle C, then up a...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-12
After alerts and alarms at half past midnight and 4 AM, I get caught up in a dream where I'm walking through midtown Manhattan. The street names and numbers...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-11
I'm happy when the night's third alert goes off. It's about a quarter to four in the morning. I've been deep into a nightmare (something about my parents...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-10
A couple of other residents are sitting next to me in the shelter early in the day, with their daughter between them. The daughter tries to take a selfie of...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-09
After the night's second missile alert, around 1:30 AM, a relative north of us writes on the family WhatsApp that shrapnel, or something like it, has fallen...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-08
I'm in the nurses' office when the missile alert goes off. It's about 7:30 AM. They've already checked my blood sugar. There's enough time after the alert...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-07
During one of the mid-afternoon missile alerts, a neighbor who used to work here (and who, word has it, is coming out of retirement to cover some shifts at...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-06
Other than a couple of alerts this morning, the day is relatively quiet. In the evening, once Shabbat starts, we have three, about an hour apart. The...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-05
I mostly sleep in my big comfy chair nowadays. It's actually a bit more comfortable than my bed, and easier to leap out of when I hear missile alerts. I also...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-04
The breakfast and supper cart rattles down the hall at about 9 AM. Some of the same staffers guide it, but without the fuzzy headbands this time. Purim is...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-03
The elevator door won't close. Three of us are onboard, headed down to the shelter after an alert at a little after midnight. It takes me a while to spot the...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2026-03-02
Hi, all. I’ve been posting to Facebook since the new war started, but only put the pieces back together to do the newsletter now. So here are the four most...
Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2025-12-14: Movie Release!
Hi, all! We’re officially releasing my film dreamtext דברי חלום online, for free, today. You can find it at https://metatronarts.com/dreamtext/ The dreamtext...