Type: Poem

“In Shvat, we cross a threshold / into a mysterious realm / hidden within ourselves and the deep interior of trees…”

“It’s exhausting. / Like, literally, exhausting, / being a Gen-Z Jew these days…”

May the bright weekly Shabbos lights, / dispel darkness of the Jewish global crisis…”

“I offer instead / my presence…”

“One time, we tried to learn a line dance / where we linked arms in order of the generations…”

“In this place, this sacred place, in the Court of Justice, the Court of G-d, / we are all equal, and we are all a blessing.”

“There is a tree somewhere, so they say. / And that tree has its roots in a culture / that spreads back millennia.”

“And I wish I had special wipers / that could wipe away the tears, the pain, the anger…”

“Keep faith / with the brightness / of all things good…”

“The community I loved, / in the Diaspora, / my home…” is being torn apart by this war.