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“We are looking for you. / We will not let you go.”
A woman's silhouette in the window
This new poem honors the complex feeling of Hanukkah this year, 2023/5784.
a silver and blue dreidl
“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 held open together, palms up, against a soft, blurred outdoor sky background.
“How can a body survive so much spilled blood?”
a rose against blackness
“As Eccesiastics cracked open / the chests of us all / as we watched Sukkot burn…”
light coming through trees
“Blessed are You, Creator of the Universe, who frees the bound.”
A row of tall, slender trees stands on a green, hilly landscape with dense vegetation.
“The hills of Judea howl with anger. My heart burns like the end of a match…”
lighting hanukkah candles
“She’s 19 years old, / younger than my children, / older than my grandchildren: Noa Marciano…”
a photo of many candles
“Can we fill ourselves with breath / of kindness, breath of calm?”
birds fly towards each other against a blue sky
This poem is dedicated to dedicated to Vivian Silver, z”l, and her vision for peace
a protest for peace

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