THOUGHT PROMPTS | The SHVILLI Center

Nov 51 min read

A Prayer for the Presidential Election in the USA

G-d, You are the King of Kings, the Creator of the world, You are the puppeteer of all political figures, You control the lots of man,...

Oct 272 min read

When Grief Knocks: The Weight of Sacrifice and Survival in Israel

All morning I’m frozen, sick to my stomach. I can still hear her tears through my phone, her gasping echoing through my mind. Calling to...

Oct 71 min read

The Memory of Sound: October 7th

Most days my head is drowning in words. But today, I’m haunted by the memory of sound. Sirens screeching off mountaintops And rattling...

Sep 282 min read

Finding Hope in the New Year: Navigating Uncertainty in the Face of War

Everything right now is apples and honey, pomegranates and shofarot, and that means that we are closing out another year and beginning...

Sep 22 min read

Unripe and Unready

The other day, I bumped into this green pomegranate on the street and recoiled in horror. This fruit is associated with the high holiday...

Sep 12 min read

A Letter to Rachel

Rachel- You don't know me, but I have watched you fight for you son for the last 330 days. Today is 332, and with tears streaming down my...

Aug 131 min read

Hope & Lamentation

A Poem (Contains: Miscarriage) Grief for what I cannot possibly remember. Mourning for an ancient house I’ve never seen. A loss – loved...

Aug 132 min read

A Different Kind of Tisha Ba'av

Can I tell you a secret? There are many among my acquaintance who are going into Tisha Ba'av tonight feeling full of optimism. In all my...

Aug 132 min read

A Heart- 6,000 miles away

I know how hard it is to be on the other side of the world when the land that has your heart is in distress. I remember during the war in...

Jun 53 min read

Life in Jerusalem

I never thought I would be so lucky to get to call the holy city of Jerusalem my home. I didn’t even know what it meant to live here when...

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