At My Kid’s Gymnastics Class I Read the News from Texas By Hila Ratzabi Poem in response to school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022 more Tags: guns, gun violence, grief, Uvalde
Not in This World or in the Next By Cathleen Cohen "We will return to you, / you will return to us." more Tags: family, grief, memory, siblings
In This Place By Amy Steingart "I want to know this: did God see you / trying as hard as you could / to live?" more Tags: grief, mourning, yizkor
Tisha b’Av, Again By Daniel Leger "As this day begins its dark descent / our tongues go dry again" more Tags: grief, violence, terrorism, Ukraine, war
We Can Dance By Rabbi Chaya Gusfield "We can’t always be brave, but we can dance." more Tags: compassion, grief, mental health, mental illness
You Can't Bring Back the Dead By Rabbi Chaya Gusfield "You can’t bring them back, but you can learn their Torah" more Tags: mourning, grief, family, yizkor
For Those Left Behind After a Suicide By Rabbi Chaya Gusfield "Help us feel the companionship of families, friends, ancestors and the Divine Presence" more Tags: suicide, mourning, grief
Entering Year Three By Rabbi Janet Madden Entering year three of the COVID-19 pandemic more Tags: covid, grief, mourning
Joy and Despair By Martha Hurwitz "I call out in my despair / And God responds" more Tags: joy, grief, blessing, healing
Miscarriage Ritual with Friends: Reading Poems at the Mikveh By Rabbi Karen Bender Poems to be read by friends surrounding the person who has miscarried before she immerses in the mikveh more Tags: infertility, pregnancy, grief, miscarriage
