(x = space)
x
x
Escape Room
x
Once again
For Passover,
Too many now
Are refugees
Fleeing Pharaohnic tyranny
Fear from explosions
Falling walls
Broken bodies
Family annihilation
Other countries take them
Sacred and secular
The people
The new homes
More than Jews in Ukraine
More people leaving
Refugees from Syria
Those who are “repatriated”
(strategic term)
From island nations
To the south
Those who want to leave for life
From Mexico,
Parts of Central America
And when there’s disaster,
We flee from parts
Of our land as well
x
Passover
For so many, many now
Might the angel of death
Give leave
For space and means
For victims
For escape
Blood on the lintels
Before leaving
Death for the victimizers
As angels
As an agency of God
See fit
x
Passover
For Jews in Ukraine
Jews in Israel
And everywhere
Good people have to run
For life
x
C L Couch
x
x
For Jews fleeing Ukraine, Passover takes on new meaning
“Good morning! Happy morning!” Rabbi Avraham Wolff exclaimed, with a big smile, as he walked into the Chabad synagogue in Odesa on a recent morning. Russian missiles had just struck an oil refinery in . . .
x
Photo by Vitamina Poleznova on Unsplash
x
clcouch123 
April 13, 2022 at 7:04 pm
It’s a shame Israel is being mealy-mouthed about supporting Ukraine. More than Jews, we are people first and foremost.
April 14, 2022 at 4:12 pm
You’re right, we are people first. And this war is a human disaster. And all the victims need support and should get it.
April 14, 2022 at 6:39 pm
The lies and manipulation, the heartless lack of compassion, and at the end, people die. It beggars belief, how a handful of stony hearted generals can force thousands of young men to murder.
April 14, 2022 at 4:11 pm
good people often have to run for their lives. A great observation.
April 14, 2022 at 4:14 pm
Yes, good people too often have to run from oppression, from destruction. Thank you!