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El Meleh Rachamin

A powerful poem, remembering those whose lives were lost on October 7th
  • by Rabbi Karyn Kedar
Gaza, hostages, Israel, Oct. 7th, war
a single leaf on the ground

my body grieves

“My heart / is cracked / into more pieces / than I thought possible…”
  • by LilyFish Gomberg
grief, Israel, peace, war
a person walking towards trees, a leaf in the foreground

As Our People Grieve: The Silver Platter

Rabbi David Mark offers a teaching following the deaths of six hostages killed in Gaza.
  • by Rabbi David Mark (with a poem by Natan Alterman a'h)
grief, Israel, loss, war
a white rose set against a black background

Appointment with a Nurse Practitioner

“For the length of a medical visit my imagination roamed the wreckage of another’s mind and hers, mine…” 
  • by Bryan Schwartzman
hostages, illness, Israel, mental health, war
silver stethoscpe

To Endure

“We do not want to choose whose child will live and whose will die.”
  • by Martha Hurwitz
exodus, God, Israel, Pharoah, war
two children playing in a pond

Kalaniot

“And I wish / The fields of Israel’s kalaniot — red poppies — / Were all that were needed to generate peace”
  • by Robin Minkoff
hostages, Israel, peace, war
a field of red poppies

Trigger

“When did the word ‘love’ become a trigger?”
  • by Tiferet Welch
Israel, war
sunset

Beloved Zion

“The ones who say Zionism is a dirty word, / The ones who choose death on your account, / They only see the ‘ism.'”
  • by Rabbi Annie Lewis
Israel, peace, war, Zion
View of the negev desert with a small tree

Prayer Disguised As A Question

“Please one who receives, crack me open so all I do is open…”
  • by Rabbi Sarah Brammer-Shlay
Israel, Palestine, peace, prayer, war
a person stands on a beach with arms open wide

A Blessing Before Posting on Social Media

“May I be humbled to not to feel as though I have any true power to create meaningful, lasting change from my squares of influence…”
  • by Naomi Barnesky
chesed, empathy, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, peace, social media, war
a woman sits on the grass looking at her phone

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