Topic Tags: antisemitism

“a gift from ancestors who belonged from the outside / who left destroyed shtetls in Russia, in Poland…”

“I want to tell you that I never knew they hated us this much, still! Today is the 250th anniversary of America / I want to know when you knew it was time to leave Russia…”

“My kippah went on my head almost by its own volition. / It only comes off when I sleep. / It goes back on when I dress.”

The author shares a forgotten moment in history with this powerful poem.

“In the synagogue / hung a ner tamid the eternal flame / it too went up in flames”

This kavanah was written in the wake of multiple acts of mass violence that have made our Hanukkah celebration feel dissonant and fragile.

“Infinite Source of All, / As darkness threatens, / Enable me to join/ The Light of Redemption…”

“When I think of my mother / I still smell her butter cakes…”

“It could have been anyone standing there…”