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“What stories will we tell this infant / war, what songs sing to it?”
person hiking in the desert
“May love flow from our broken hearts, and may their yearning return us to our humanity.”
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“We reach to touch souls as luminous as mirrors / so we might reflect light back to each other.”
An Eagle reflected in water
“I do not live in Israel but I have / tasted all her fruits…”
The Jerusalem skyline
“Reasons mean nothing in the harsh light of consequence / Reasons are but shadows of war”
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“Maybe you don’t know about my / passion for justice and integrity.”
a woman sits wth hands on her forehead in sadness
“and so I stumble / through my workday, / weeping in between meetings…”
close up of person's hands on their chest outdoors in sunlight
“I pray for peace in every heart / In every living thing”
sailboat on the ocean with stars above
“I cradled your / black-inked letters, letters overflowing with infinity…”
fire burning against a black sky
“When will You lie us down in peace? When will these hakafot of violence end?”
A person sits in meditation looking into the sunrise

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