Hug When I am in your arms
it is like a sukkah
It is temporary.
It is good
because this is how You come
through this world.
Through the stars
Through the heart
This is how You hold
Through the breeze
Through the touches
This is how You love
Through and through.
There’s a sense of being in the thicket again, screaming while an indifferent — or worse — crowd walks on.
“Why must I be Jewish in today’s world?” Amidst the ongoing conflict in Israel, with antisemitism once again on the rise, this question is beginning to worm into the minds of a new generation of young Jews.
Today, what we are witnessing on college campuses across the nation is an entirely new breed of the old antisemitic tropes that have waxed and waned on the battlefield of the American academy.
Last week, anti-Israel protesters descended onto UCLA’s campus, set up “encampments” and posted their demands to the University’s leadership.
The legacy media continue to treat “pro-Palestinian” protesters with kid gloves, while depicting Israel as the bully terrorizing the neighborhood.
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