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An Alternative Greeting for Mourners

An greeting for mourners orienting towards one another.
  • by Rabbi Max Zev Reynolds
grief, mourning
a person in shadow bent in grief

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
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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

Counting: Remembering Victims of Hate

“But today, there are not enough words in the Psalm / to cover the number of victims of this hate.” 
  • by Brasha Smith
Israel, mourning, peace, terrorism
clouds in a bright blue sky

Lights Out

“Time for your / soul to take flight, time for your soul / to light a new star.”
  • by Elizabeth Tragash
death, grief, mourning
blue and purple galaxy of stars

God Will Gather Us In

  • by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat
grief, loss, mourning, sukkah, writing
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A Psalm for Mourning

“I cannot tear it all down, / rip out the broken heart of it, / and be done with it.”
  • by Terry Boyle
grief, mourning, psalm
A person stands on the rocks, overlooking the ocean on a dark day

The Raw Material of the Notes During the Month of Av

“May the cries of every neshama / Be rendered into / Notes of comfort…”
  • by Tiferet Welch
mourning, tikkun olam
seagull flying over beach

It’s Not About Letting Go

“what I really need to work on is letting in”
  • by Bonnie Gruszecki
grief, mourning
white hand holding lit candle in small glass jar

First Hanukkah Without Mom

“For the first time / I will miss / The Hanukkah lights”
  • by Twilla Tiferet Welch
grief, mourning
nine candles lit against black background

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Reclaiming the Hebrew Goddess and Writing Her Anew

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