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Items with the tag:

death & mourning

Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

The Israeli-Arab Gardener

Luca M Damiani
October 20, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Jerusalem Diary

Ilana M. Blumberg
October 19, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Kib­butz Nir Or: ​“An Oasis in Which One Could Imag­ine an End­less Expanse of Life”

Sarai Shav­it
October 18, 2023
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Poet­ry
Now You Are a Miss­ing Person
Susan Hay­den
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Non­fic­tion
As Figs in Autumn: One Year in a For­ev­er War
Ben Bas­tom­s­ki
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

“Just like the Soul Returns to the Body”

Yaara She­hori
October 16, 2023
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

The Land of the Scream­ing Silence

Einat Nathan
October 13, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

That They Be Safe in the Land

Ilana M. Blumberg
October 12, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

A Night Funeral

Jonathan Dun­sky
October 12, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

We Will Survive

Avi­va Gat
October 12, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

I Am Lying to My Children

Noa Yedlin
October 11, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

To Keep a Lev­el Head

Haim Watz­man
October 11, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

War Report

Jonathan Dun­sky
October 10, 2023
Essay

Mem­o­ry and Inher­i­tance: Bear­ing Wit­ness to My Grand­moth­er’s Story

Elana K. Arnold
October 9, 2023
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Spell­book for the Sab­bath Queen
Eli­she­va Fox
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The Bal­le­ri­na of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edi­tion of The Choice
Dr. Edith Eva Eger
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