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Making Chicken Broth (and trying to metabolize the horrors of war)

“I wish I could make enough soup to nourish the broken, injured, hurting, praying, people of the world.”
  • by Elizheva
Israel, peace, war
a person eats a bowl of soup

Not This Year

“I have lived enough to know there / are probably embers glowing…”
  • by Barbara Kavadias
Israel, war
embers

A Prayer for All People

“As we inhabit one Earth, we are one human family…”
  • by Rabbi Jill Hausman
earth, Israel, peace
a view of earth from a Nasa spacecraft

At Least This Time There’s a Grave

“A thousand funerals in / one day    a shortage of diggers / an excess of graves.”
  • by Sharon Bronstein
ancestors, grief, Israel, mourning
headstone with hebrew writing and stones on top

Taking Sides

“I will breathe through tears. / I will swallow pride. / I will bite my tongue. I will offer love…”
  • by Rabbi Irwin Keller
Israel, peace
A dove spreads its wings

Amazon is Sold Out of Sackcloth

“What about the kids in war, my nieces ask? / They hide, the eldest says.”
  • by Rabbi Jen Gubitz
Israel, noah, peace
birds fly in a dark sky

Once Upon A Time Last Weekend

“Once upon the time / last weekend, something changed the composition of my body, / my memories, / and the way that I breathe.”
  • by Rabbi Sonja K. Pilz, PhD
grief, Israel, war
candle in the darkness

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

It’s 3:00 a.m. and I Can’t Sleep

“I pray for a swift end to this unwanted war.”
  • by Rabbi Adrienne Rubin
Gaza, grief, Israel, peace, war
the night sky

We Are All Mourners Now

“We are all mourners now / Needing, wanting, giving comfort / For ourselves…” For each other.”
  • by Rabbi Tsurah August
grief, Israel, mourning
people embrace in tears

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Read & Rite

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Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis