Jewish Poems | Examples of Jewish Poetry

They shout ‘Not in my name’ as if for Israel’s self-defense they were to blame They scream ‘Globalize the Intifada’ as if their voices ever mattered They chant ‘Palestine will be ‘free’ from the River...

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From the ancient days when your ancestors walked in sands, in timeless holy Jerusalem, the Western Wall collecting tears and whispered prayers. Lush green hills with bleating sheep, orchards of fruited trees, and children playing. When you make aliyah, as shofars blow throughout the land calling for Shabbat, I'll pray to our God the rest of my days, that you and your family will be safe, dreaming...

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tarnished cup of silver family heirloom wrinkled hands all a-tremble pindrop silence ...

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When missiles fly The Mullahs lie They bide their time To turn the tide Their constant bluster Now short of luster For why we ask No God sent task To build a bomb With feigned aplomb Their word to spread Among the dead They have their place To find God's grace Not trample lives Like stinging hives Fear and temerity No road to prosperity But that's what they seek Control of the meek A proud...

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Christmas in July in Israel is nigh My list of wishes in the Gaza Strip is For every hostage priceless, Too many now lifeless Grieve for Israel’s fallen married ...

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Our story began behind bars with the broken, Displaying our armor with truths left unspoken. Through the gates each day, our counselor hats on, Where pain wore a face, and hope felt long gone. You, with your wisdom and counselor’s grace, Me, burnt out but still showing my face. We stitched up souls with words and care, In a world where few...

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Amalek is the archetypal enemy of the Jews and the symbol of evil in Jewish religion and folklore. Amalekites represent an "eternally irreconcilable enemy" that wants to murder Jews. Israel begins a war against Iran The battle rages on, it seems The time has come, can wait no longer Must stop the threats’ unending streams From Tehran, Middle East warmonger They’ve...

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No one crows, no one gloats no spin, no contrived quotes Just a sober nation taking stock of the world it just shocked ...

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The Jewish couple I have written about this before, but somehow didn't get it right  My perceived brusqueness made them think of Cracow, they had fled, their relatives lost in the turbulence of a war where they, as civilians,  but Jews had their life made into nightmares.  There was a small sweet shop near my café,  selling my chocolate with nuts,...

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I am the voice of your conscience You would bury my memory Erase me from your history books But I refuse to go away, I refuse to die ...

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And the mighty forces of Nature care not birds chirp, lambs frolic, breeze picks up ~ the revived embers of Auschwitz ...

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They were my gentile friends, ones I could count on They stood by me when times were tough A pep talk here, a couch to sleep on there They kept me from falling through cracks Year after year, we shared the cheers and the tears ...

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Meir Kahane, a visionary, warned us all Yet far too few heeded his call Labeled a ‘firebrand’ by all the elites His message understood by his enemies in the...

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They say we Jews are afraid that no one 'now' will come to our aid Murder of Jews in America is multiplying more and more hate crimes, innocents dying ...

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Flashbulb moment in the black Everyone frozen in a truth attack You learn who justifies means from ends You learn your enemies and your friends. You look for an anchor in a bible psalm But there's chaos in your brain from blast of this bomb A moment that divides the right from the wrong A moment not imagined in ancient song. (chorus) Flashbulb night,...

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