Robert Moss is a physi­cian who has prac­ticed med­i­cine for forty-five years in the north­ern sub­urbs of Chica­go. The poem ​“Wit­ness” was writ­ten after a recent vol­un­teer and sol­i­dar­i­ty mis­sion trip to Israel. It is ded­i­cat­ed to the remark­able courage, strength, and resilience of all Israelis and Jews around the world, who man­age to find light even in the dark­est of moments now and through­out their history.