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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

Heartbreak

“Seeking an impossible calm, we bed / down our gardens for the winter, / wishing we too could sleep soundly.”
  • by Diane Rudov
antisemitism, Israel, war
the sun shines through the sky on an autumn path

Give Yourself Up Not

This powerful poem was written during the Yom Kippur war in 1973.
  • by Robert Tabak
Israel, war
Clouds above the city of Jerusalem

A New Song of Hope – For a Community Gathered in Solidarity

“Today, I call for hope. / Tomorrow, I call for peace. / Forever, I call for justice”
  • by Brasha Smith
Israel, love, Palestine, peace, war
Two men hugging

An Unetaneh Tokef* for Today

The poet frames the loss of life in Israel and in Gaze with this powerful liturgy
  • by Roberta Spivek
death, Gaza, grief, Israel, war
man bringing flowers to grave in cemetery

A Thousandfold

  • by Seraphina Ferraro
Israel, Palestine, peace, Shabbat, war, yahrzeit
rows of lit candles shining in the ddark

Yesh Makom: May There Be Space

“May there be space for history and context, may there be space for mistakes and faith, may there be space for hope…”
  • by Rabbi Kolby Morris-Dahary
Israel, Palestine, peace, war
two people sit before a sunrise

Trying at a Prayer

  • by Talia Werber
God, Israel, peace, war
a journal and pen

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Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

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