Topic Tags: antisemitism

“I am the Jew / I am a shofar  Calling to the world.”

“My mikveh is gone and swallowed up in this dark place. Where can I find peace?”

“Hashem yereicham, Source of Mercy and comfort, be with us now…”

“It’s exhausting. / Like, literally, exhausting, / being a Gen-Z Jew these days…”

“I pray to a God of peace / a God that doesn’t love us differently…”

” And when this holiday ends, another flame will rise and fall, and another, and another…”

“1935, the girls are packing / for America. / Their parents will not wait for things to get worse.”

In this beautiful poem, the author explores her loss of innocence and search for understanding.

“Try not to think / of the children who are not getting their baths, / who are not getting their parents.”

“We are with each other. We are not alone. / We will do what we have always done.”