Type: Poem

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“We can’t always be brave, but we can dance.”
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“You can’t bring them back, but you can learn their Torah”
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“Creativity infused / Through my body / As an offering of love.”
A person with curly hair meditates on a rocky hilltop amidst a misty, mountainous landscape.

“A cemetery twice desecrated / A people the world long forgot”

Close-up of several lit tealight candles glowing warmly in a dark setting.
“Evening and morning, ritual and rite, / making order out of chaos”
Leaves transitioning from green to red arranged on wooden planks with fallen leaves scattered around.

“Blessed are those who wander. / Blessed are those who gather them in.”

Person walking alone on a sunlit road casting a long shadow.

“We see you. We hold you.”

People in a subway station sit on a bench under a large wall medallion, wearing masks and using phones.

“there is a space between / flags and fireworks”

Historic building with a tall clock tower under a dramatic sky at sunset, surrounded by a grassy area.

“What if the Torah had been interpreted by us all instead of just a few?”

A woman sits on a rocky cliff, gazing at a sunset over a desert landscape with a winding road below.

“Every garment I inherited from you / is something to wrap in”

Person outdoors holding up a large blue patterned blanket as it billows in the wind under trees.

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