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Bring Them Home: A Song/Prayer

This powerful new song calls for the release of the hostages.
  • by Cantor Jennifer Duretz Peled
captives, Israel
the desert in Israel

Billboard Blues

“And I wish I had special wipers / that could wipe away the tears, the pain, the anger…”
  • by Darcy Grabenstein
captives, Israel, peace
a car driving at dusk

For the Captives

“Stop our hearts from breaking / put the broken pieces together again.”
  • by Ariel Neshama Lee
captives, Israel
a leaf that looks like a broken heart

A Hanukkah Ritual to Mark the Incompleteness of Our Joy

This Hanukkah 2023 ritual acknowledges the incompleteness of joy while captives are being held.
  • by Rabbi Amber Powers
captives, hanukkah, Israel
a hanukkan menorah with all lights lit but the eighth candle

Though the Faucet is Yet to Turn Again

This new poem uses the imagery of water through a faucet to capture the feeling of waiting for the captives to be released.
  • by Adva Chattler
captives, Israel
a water droplet

A Mother in the Dark

“We are looking for you. / We will not let you go.”
  • by Jennifer L Solomon
captives, Israel, war
A woman's silhouette in the window

Who Frees the Captive

“How do we choose who will live or who will die, what measure do we use / to free them and ourselves from this nightmare…”
  • by Martha Hurwitz
captives, Israel, war
two hands reaching to the heavens

For the Release of the Bound: A Prayer for the Captives In and Beyond Us

“Blessed are You, Creator of the Universe, who frees the bound.”
  • by Devon Spier
captives, Israel
trees on the hillside

The Court of the Captives

“One day, / The court of the captives will convene / before the halls of power…”
  • by Alden Solovy
captives, Israel, war
clouds acrsos the skyline

Jerusalem Still Stands

“Two weeks / have passed / since rockets / split the skies, / and invaders / split our hearts.”
  • by Alden Solovy
captives, Israel, Jerusalem, war
The Kotel at night

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