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Oh my God, my God,
Mighty One of my existence,
have mercy on Your lost son
who has wandered from the ancestral path
and, exiled to cold and unfamiliar climes,
sought to be close to You,
but has not…
Contributor:
Hillel Bavli
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1923
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Jakob Steinhardt
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Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1925
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On Thursday, the twentieth day of the month of Ziv, which is Iyyar, the government announced the capture of Berlin, the city of blood, the capital of the cruel German nation, may their name be blotted…
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Joseph Messas
Places:
Tlemcen, French Algeria (Tlemcen, Algeria)
Date:
1945
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We turn our thoughts to yesterday…to a world that lives only in our memory.
As we recall the days gone by, we know the past is irretrievable.
Yet—through the gift of memory, we recapture treasured…
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Evelyn Mehlman
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1980
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Upon arising in the morning, we acknowledge
God’s presence and compassion
I am grateful to You, living, enduring King, for restoring my soul to me in compassion. You are faithful beyond measure.
Contributor:
Jules Harlow
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1985
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Wherever we stand to lift our eyes to heaven, that place is a Holy of Holies.
—S. Ansky
The sun descending settling
on the roof of the synagogue.
The cantor faces the open Ark,
His exhausted voice…
Contributor:
Herman Taube
Places:
Rockville, United States of America
Date:
1986
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It is up to us
To hallow Creation,
To respond to Life
With the fullness of our lives.
It is up to us
To meet the World,
To embrace the Whole
Even as we wrestle
With its parts.
It is up to us
To…
Contributor:
Rami M. Shapiro
Places:
Miami, United States of America
Date:
1988
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A fire [of joy] is kindled within me, when I recall [the spiritual climate] when I was in Yemen,
[But] my soul [descended to] abysmal depths and was immensely astounded when I came to Zion.
The Jews…
Contributor:
Shalom Rada’i
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1951
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Being a Jew means running forever to God
even if you are His betrayer,
means expecting to hear any day,
even if you are a nay sayer,
the blare of Messiah’s horn;
means, even if you wish to,
you…
Contributor:
Aaron Zeitlin
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1947
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Father, adonoi, author of all things
of the three states,
the soft light on the barn at dawn,
a wind that sings
in the bracken, fire in iron gates,
the ram’s horn,
Furnisher, hinger of…
Contributor:
Anthony Hecht
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1967