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Don’t Name What You’re Painting

  • by Cathleen Cohen
Israel, peace, spring, war
a water color of hydrangeas and fruit

Four Rituals for Passover in a Time of War

Adva Chattler adapts four Passover rituals to mark the holiday during this time of war.
  • by Adva Chattler
Israel, passover, peace, seder, war
a collage of passover symbols with a yellow ribbon in the center

I Want

“I want to be carried into a deep, deep salty sea of sound, rhythm, in tune with oceanic harmonies…”
  • by Rabbi Tsurah August
Gaza, Israel, peace, social justice, Ukraine, war
a collage of multicultual faces

18 Shabbat Blessings for Peace in Israel and in Palestine

A new Shabbat practice created to share light with all of whom are suffering unjustly.
  • by Hila Ratzabi
candle lighting, Gaza, Israel, peace, war
two shabbat candles are lit as someone's hands wave in the light of Shabbat

The Silence In Between

“I know You’re up there, /but I’ve been down here. / Do you see the things I see?”
  • by Jaden Diamond
God, war
silhouette of a man in prayer

Once We Were Slaves In Egypt

“There is a time to make war, / there is a time to make peace. / In each soul both sing.” Listen to the tune hardest to hear.
  • by Art Spar
peace, war
a peace sign painted on a stone

Mourners’ Kaddish In A Time of War and Violence

  • by Rabbi Arthur Waskow
kaddish, peace, war
a person sits on a rock in the desert

Exile

“The community I loved, / in the Diaspora, / my home…” is being torn apart by this war.
  • by Tiferet Welch
Israel, war
the desert in Israel

A Prayer of Beresheit in Time of War

“for us, / for the children, /  and for the children’s children…”
  • by Tiferet Welch
creation, Israel, peace, war
children in silhouette playing on the rocks

Untitled Poem Upon Waking

“I do not know the right answer. / I do not know how to end hatred.”
  • by Laura Hegfield
Israel, peace, war
sunrise through the clouds

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