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    Items with the tag:

    death & mourning

    Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    Books of the Dead

    Haim Watz­man
    October 27, 2023
    Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    Speak­ing Hebrew in Secret: Being an Israeli Abroad

    Maya Tevet Dayan
    October 24, 2023
    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

    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

    That They Be Safe in the Land

    Ilana M. Blumberg
    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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