Tag: resilience

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A Song of Israel’s Strength

Whole world is watching us now,
It’s a little intimidating
But since there’s no way to back down,
Let’s show ‘em what we’re made of.
Let’s make them remember
Am Yisrael Chai

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Writing from home
Dean Elin

Rise

In the shadows where I used to hide,
Thoughts like chains, they pulled me inside.
Days felt heavy, nights dragged on,
But deep inside, a spark was drawn.

I’ll rise from the ashes, I’ll find my way,
Leave the past behind, it’s a brand new day.
The storm may linger, but I’ll learn to dance,
With every heartbeat, I’ll take a chance.

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Writing from the warfront
Matan

Entering Gaza for the first time…

October 2023

“Signing off for now, love you all so much and please God we will do Am Yisrael and the world proud, this is my time to give all I’ve got for our beloved country and people.

We will strike them harder than ever, all off us are a part of history and the importance of this war is immense,

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Writing from home
David Fellerman

Breathe Freedom

Powerful emotions pulsating
through my veins
every breath a challenge
as I struggle in my chains

In the bleakness of a tunnel
far below the light of day
never knowing never speaking
slowly dying there I lay

Will they save me
from this nightmare

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Writing from the warfront
Yigal Dilmoni

Tefillin Story

Most of the soldiers in my company are not religious. As a commander, I have a squad of soldiers working close to me – a driver, someone in charge of communications, and a navigator. They are not religious, but they know that I’m strict about putting on tefillin every day. Even if I don’t have time to daven, I always put on tefillin – every single day.

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Sheva BeOctober: A Poem

Without a chance
without being asked
Still they ask
They insist
Declaim “this”1

Before the mountain man2
before the voices3
before three stars4
came us5

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Writing from home
Rachel Weinstein

Lather, Rinse, Repeat

We commemorate
Celebrate
Pontificate
On the ironies
Faced in grief and love
that proliferate
Holding space and breath
Remembering who we are and the salvation
We await

We’ve been here before
We know when it’s time to
Lather, rinse, repeat

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War and Bees: The honey and the sting

In the picturesque landscape of Israel’s Galilee, where the soothing hum of our Neshikha beehives now mingles with the buzz of air force drones and echoes of distant aerial and artillery cross-border warfare, a recent quotidian journey to the annual beekeepers’ conference at the Volcani Agricultural Institute in Rehovot, in the country’s center, turned into an unexpected snapshot of Israel at war.

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Amalek

Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey out of Egypt.
But how could we forget?
Weak, starving, insecure, unprotected
Parched, dehydrated, thirsty
For water, yes – and so much more
Traveling across the desert
Barren wasteland filled with nothing

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