This piece sums up all of my feelings. It's beautifully written and ends with a prayer by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat. Read the whole prayer in the post. May it be so. God, with all the desperation of our hearts we plead: may it be true that peace will yet come.
"This is a war extremists want. The hopelessness feeds their narrative that there can be no peace, that strength is the only way to security, that the other side (whichever side that is) has no respect for life. As one rabbi put it, this situation is terrible for everyone except terrible people."
Why this round of violence in Israel/Palestine is different.
Thanks for sharing this article.
You are not alone. It’s nice to know I’m not either.
"This situation is terrible for everyone except terrible people." is such an elegant, succinct way of putting it. That one's going to stick with me for a while.
Thanks for sharing. Stay strong.
Yup. I’ve been sharing that one far and wide.
Amen. Thank you for sharing this. May peace and mercy prevail.
Tha k you for sharing this. I feel it hard.
Thanks for sharing this Shana. I needed so badly to read this right now.