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“We reach to touch souls as luminous as mirrors / so we might reflect light back to each other.”
An Eagle reflected in water
“I do not live in Israel but I have / tasted all her fruits…”
The Jerusalem skyline
“Reasons mean nothing in the harsh light of consequence / Reasons are but shadows of war”
shadows-holding-hands-walking-on-dark-desert-road-toward-mountains
“Maybe you don’t know about my / passion for justice and integrity.”
a woman sits wth hands on her forehead in sadness
“and so I stumble / through my workday, / weeping in between meetings…”
Person in a white shirt holding their chest with both hands outdoors at sunset, suggesting chest pain.
“May we not be afraid / To act big and save the world.”
a person stands looking into a sky full of pink and green clouds
“I cradled your / black-inked letters, letters overflowing with infinity…”
fire burning against a black sky
“When will You lie us down in peace? When will these hakafot of violence end?”
A person sits in meditation looking into the sunrise
a withered Torah scroll
“Inspire them to turn their swords into plowshares, / to turn their callousness into empathy.” 
A man at a street protest holds a sign reading PEACE in English and Hebrew.

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