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“we pray for healing the minds and hearts of those newly released…”
A vast, empty field under a bright blue sky filled with scattered fluffy clouds.
“There are mystical colors spelling peace…”
Dramatic sky with sunbeams breaking through fluffy, dark clouds against a vibrant blue backdrop.
“For more than a year now, / you’ve been with me everywhere…”
Corner of a stone building with two windows, featuring a textured, sunlit facade.
This powerful new song calls for the release of the hostages.
the desert in Israel
“And I wish I had special wipers / that could wipe away the tears, the pain, the anger…”
a car driving at dusk
“Stop our hearts from breaking / put the broken pieces together again.”
a leaf that looks like a broken heart
This Hanukkah 2023 ritual acknowledges the incompleteness of joy while captives are being held.
a hanukkan menorah with all lights lit but the eighth candle
This new poem uses the imagery of water through a faucet to capture the feeling of waiting for the captives to be released.
a water droplet
“We are looking for you. / We will not let you go.”
A woman's silhouette in the window
“How do we choose who will live or who will die, what measure do we use / to free them and ourselves from this nightmare…”
two hands reaching to the heavens

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