They are called stains because they aren't easily removable  Blood stains  In bare desert dust In green grass  In empty concrete shelters  In underground tunnels  Or on the beaches of beautiful sand  They stain our hearts  Every single one.  Blood is blood is blood  It looks the same for us all Hate is hate is hate  And it never brings us forward.   Our hearts are filled with light Praying for peace We want to spread joy  And protect the ones we love Here we stand again  With

Today I write not only as an American, not only as an Israeli, but also as a fellow human being.  The shock and horror weighing over us...

They are our men  Our protectors  Our providers  They are our dads  Our heroes  Our role models  They are our partners  Our anchors  Our...

The six hundred and sixty-sixth day started this morning at 06:29 Today, as week 96 starts  I don't want to apologize I don't want to be...

3 soldiers fell in Gaza  3 soldiers took their own lives  Nimron Cohen marks his second birthday in captivity; only  21 Tonight, I...

Another Sunday Another week  A new start  And nothing changes  They broadcast to us New evil  New lows New loss  New pain  In the...

As Americans What do we know about safety Of security or threat These big words that only seem to be movie plots and some foreign words...

Hope Our strongest weapon of war It's always been  Yes, they have more patience  They drag us  Devestatingly long…  They try to make us...

No, we aren't heroes for surviving  No, we don't feel strong  We aren't happy,  Or even ok  Every sound makes us jump  I could have sworn...

Someone asked me, What do you  need? The question was clear, the answer was simple Isn't it obvious?  Wait, don't we all need the same...

Days days days Counting days 600 counted Days  I don't like counting I don't think I know how to count any more than 600 I was never good...

I sit with the strongest, with the most resilient, with the ones who fight battles no one ever knew needed fighting.  The truest of...

Shabbat Morning  Once felt like the source of all calm Family, adventure, and togetherness  Now  Afraid to fall asleep on Friday night...

The only ones who come home Come home  In a bag The ones who walk through the door  Yes Apart of them comes home  But more of them  Stays...

Me with my beautiful Bubby Standing in silence while the siren wails, for the first time in what feels like forever the siren isn't one...

To live free in our land  To live freely  In our land  The war  We fight Is it over  Freedom  Over land  Or over the fact that we  Still...

Friday Once my favorite day Now The day I dread facing Most. Weekend Once a time of freedom and recovery Now An empty pit in my stomach...

504 Some say we are a country, some say we are a nation, some say we are a people? The ones who hate us, tell us we aren't any of those,...

Hope, Belief in change  In chance  Believing anything can happen Taking the steps  Doing the work Making room for possibilities  No one...

They didn't choose to go there, they weren't born any different than me and you. They weren't born any stronger, they didn't ask to...