In honor of Yom Hashoah (”Holocaust Remembrance Day”), here are two poems by survivors of genocide: one by the great Jewish/Italian writer Primo Levi (who died twenty years ago this month) and the other by Emtithal Mahmoud, a 13-year-old Darfur native who now lives in Philadelphia.
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Poetry of Genocide
Posted in Africa, Anti-Semitism, Darfur, Global Activism, Holocaust, Judaism, Poetry, Religion, Religion/Politics on April 15, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Stones and Dreams
Posted in Israel, Judaism, Palestine, Peace, Poetry, Religion, Torah Commentary on November 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
From this week’s Torah portion, Parashat Vayetzei:
Jacob left Be’ersheva and set out for Haran. He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place, he placed it under his head and lay down in that place. He had a dream… [...]
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