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How To Survive the Day When It Feels Like the Whole World Is Against You

“Try not to think / of the children who are not getting their baths, / who are not getting their parents.”
  • by Talya Jankovits
antisemitism, Israel, war
person wearing brown tallit silhouetted against the sunset

A Mother in the Dark

“We are looking for you. / We will not let you go.”
  • by Jennifer L Solomon
captives, Israel, war
A woman's silhouette in the window

Who Frees the Captive

“How do we choose who will live or who will die, what measure do we use / to free them and ourselves from this nightmare…”
  • by Martha Hurwitz
captives, Israel, war
two hands reaching to the heavens

Tikkun HaLev (Repair of the Heart)

“How can a body survive so much spilled blood?”
  • by Ellen Blum Barish
Israel, peace, sarah, torah, war
a rose against blackness

Banish Darkness, Bring on the Light (Hanukkah 5784)

“The hills of Judea howl with anger. My heart burns like the end of a match…”
  • by Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein
Israel, war
lighting hanukkah candles

The Vigil

“She’s 19 years old, / younger than my children, / older than my grandchildren: Noa Marciano…”
  • by Sharon
hostages, Israel, war
a photo of many candles

To Not Lose Hope

“we remind ourselves / of eternal light at the core / of the universe”
  • by Nick Pipitone
hope, light, peace, war
view of earth from space

In the Not-So-Quiet

A poem marking the 40th day of fighting after the attacks on October 7th.
  • by Suzanne Sabransky
grief, Israel, war
a thunderstorm in a dark sky

Evacuation Orders

  • by Elizheva Hurvich
ancestors, Israel, refugees, war
a family heirloom photo

My Own Thinking Heart

“I am left with only my own thinking heart / in this nightmare humanity has dreamt / for itself.”
  • by Rabbi Haviva Ner-David
Anne Frank, Etty Hillesum, Israel, war
dark clouds hover over the hills

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Reclaiming the Hebrew Goddess and Writing Her Anew

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