Topic Tags: war

“I am afraid to wear a kippah, to put on my Star of David, / or to even look or seem a little Jewish…”

“Who will bathe heated heads with cool clarity?”

“We ask that that you inspire humans to remember our fellow creatures in this time of war, to mitigate the damage that we cause them and to bring us all to a time of peace.”

“what will ensure / that this will never happen again?”

“the cry rises from every throat – may this never happen again!”

“Help our nighttime wakings / become sites of radical imagination and creativity…”

“Bring to our turn-table faith that we can turn the tide, / where children’s laughter sparkles in the clear blue air…”

“for Shalom is wholeness / for Salaam is whispered promise…”

“Master of Compassion, help us hold the humanity and the heartache of the Jewish people while also holding the humanity and the dignity of the Palestinian people.”