Topic Tags: war

Latest Rituals

Heartbreak

“Seeking an impossible calm, we bed / down our gardens for the winter, / wishing we too could sleep soundly.”

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.

Israel, war

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”

Israel, love, Palestine, peace, war

An Unetaneh Tokef* for Today

The poet frames the loss of life in Israel and in Gaze with this powerful liturgy

death, Gaza, grief, Israel, war

man bringing flowers to grave in cemetery

A Thousandfold

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…”

Israel, Palestine, peace, war

Trying at a Prayer

God, Israel, peace, war

Is this Hope?

“I place colors on flat surface during war – a break / from the news, from the story.”

hope, war

orange and yellow flowers on a blue backdrop

An Evening Prayer in Times of Conflict

“Our God and God of our ancestors, help me find relief in sleep, and rise renewed in body and soul.”

Israel, peace, prayer, war

a person facing the sun with arms spread wide

Across the Atlantic Ocean

“I take it off when I get to the parking lot / and hide my Star of David, / cover my Hebrew tattoo…”