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Not This Year

“I have lived enough to know there / are probably embers glowing…”
  • by Barbara Kavadias
Israel, war
embers

Once Upon A Time Last Weekend

“Once upon the time / last weekend, something changed the composition of my body, / my memories, / and the way that I breathe.”
  • by Rabbi Sonja K. Pilz, PhD
grief, Israel, war
candle in the darkness

Jerusalem Still Stands

“Two weeks / have passed / since rockets / split the skies, / and invaders / split our hearts.”
  • by Alden Solovy
captives, Israel, Jerusalem, war
The Kotel at night

It’s 3:00 a.m. and I Can’t Sleep

“I pray for a swift end to this unwanted war.”
  • by Rabbi Adrienne Rubin
Gaza, grief, Israel, peace, war
the night sky

Shiva

“We are in mourning; / our people are in mourning; / collectively we are sitting shiva.”
  • by Bonnie Friedman
grief, Israel, kaddish, war
a candle and red flowers

Nothing Left but Tears

“Oh this heartbreak,  Silence howling.  Oh this heart ache,  Terror prowling…” 
  • by Alden Solovy (lyrics) and Sue Horowitz (music)
Israel, peace, tears, war
face of person crying against dark light

And Now….

“we must turn from death and war / and learn again the message of hope and love and peace.”
  • by Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks
creation, Israel, peace, war
light filters through trees

I Check In With Her Every Day

“She fights for her life, while I panic in my room, / thousands of miles away, in plain clothes…”
  • by Brasha Smith
Israel, peace, war
a view of the sky over Mt Sinai

Who?

“I am afraid to wear a kippah, to put on my Star of David, / or to even look or seem a little Jewish…”
  • by Brasha Smith
fear, Israel, war
a hand holds a chain with a Star of David

Holey Land

“Who will bathe heated heads with cool clarity?”
  • by Danielle Shylit
Israel, peace, war
a woman looks into the sunset in the desert

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Read & Rite

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Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

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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