Topic Tags: war

“I am left with only my own thinking heart / in this nightmare humanity has dreamt / for itself.”

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

This powerful poem was written during the Yom Kippur war in 1973.

“Today, I call for hope. / Tomorrow, I call for peace. / Forever, I call for justice”

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

“May there be space for history and context, may there be space for mistakes and faith, may there be space for hope…”

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

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