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“May we protect just laws, and may our resistance to unjust laws or unjust systems be firm.”
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“Peace does not look like a dove / or a palm branch in the Old City…” 
A white dove flying among trees with yellow leaves in the background.
“Each night is a small miracle unto itself…”
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“The world is a narrow bridge, we sing in response /  But we are not afraid.” 
Rabbi Haviva dressed in white sits with protestors
“Learn to live together as the family you have always been. Together, let us be a blessing.”
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This version of the ‘Unetaneh Tokef’ prayer refers to the atrocities that took place on Oct. 7.
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“Hide them / beneath the cover of Your wings, forever, / And let their souls be bound up with ours…”
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​Rabbi Maurice Harris, Associate Director for Thriving Communities and Israel Affairs Specialist, shares a powerful message for this moment.
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“What is the path home? / Out from our buried place? / To Peace?”
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A prayer from Rabbi Deborah Waxman, President and CEO, Reconstructing Judaism, to mark the first anniversary of the atrocities that took place on October 7.
a white dove flies with wings spread wide, behind the dove are tall trees

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