Topic Tags: war

“And still, here we are again / clutching to an ancient book / that has traveled through time / from bitterness to joy…”

A vidui composed to remember the lives of innocent children, killed in war.

“Learn to live together as the family you have always been. Together, let us be a blessing.”

This version of the ‘Unetaneh Tokef’ prayer refers to the atrocities that took place on Oct. 7.

​Rabbi Maurice Harris, Associate Director for Thriving Communities and Israel Affairs Specialist, shares a powerful message for this moment.

“What is the path home? / Out from our buried place? / To Peace?”

A powerful poem, remembering those whose lives were lost on October 7th

“My heart / is cracked / into more pieces / than I thought possible…”

Rabbi David Mark offers a teaching following the deaths of six hostages killed in Gaza.

“For the length of a medical visit my imagination roamed the wreckage of another’s mind and hers, mine…”