Andrew Tertes is an explor­er of iden­ti­ty, place, cul­ture and spir­it. His poet­ry has been pub­lished in Hawk and Hand­saw: A Jour­nal of Cre­ative Sus­tain­abil­i­ty and Poet­i­ca Mag­a­zine. He was the found­ing coor­di­na­tor of Jew­ish Heal­ing Pro­grams at Chochmat Halev in Berke­ley, California.He lives in Israel with his wife, Shoshana Gugen­heim, and his young son and daughter