Topic Tags: war

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…” 

“We do not want to choose whose child will live and whose will die.”

“And I wish / The fields of Israel’s kalaniot — red poppies — / Were all that were needed to generate peace”

“When did the word ‘love’ become a trigger?”

“The ones who say Zionism is a dirty word, / The ones who choose death on your account, / They only see the ‘ism.'”

“Please one who receives, crack me open so all I do is open…”

“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…”