Shema

the words of the shema

“Listen to the still small voice whispering your name…”

Kalaniot

a field of red poppies

“And I wish / The fields of Israel’s kalaniot — red poppies — / Were all that were needed to generate peace”

Trigger

sunset

“When did the word ‘love’
become a trigger?”

Repair (Tikkun)

a watercolor of a mother holding her child

“What is a painter? / A witness
(often flawed) who tries to repair /
a shadow, the angle of a shoulder?”

Beloved Zion

View of the negev desert with a small tree

“The ones who say Zionism is a dirty word, / The ones who choose death on your account, / They only see the ‘ism.'”

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