Poetry Slam

I was very moved by the poetry read last Thursday evening by our Chai School Students.  I have selected one for you to read in this week’s blog.

 Zoe Sheppard – Hebrew Chai Poetry Slam

 Holocaust

The skies are clouded with death.

The air is thick and heavy with sorrow.

The wind screams the lies, “Work will set you free”.

Humanity is collapsing in on itself.

We are people, not just a date in a history text book.

We are personalities, not a string of numbers up our arms.

We are humans being killed by other humans.

And this is the tragedy of the holocaust.

Kudos to Judy Alexander for running our Chai School and to Dana Rachlin for inspiring our youth to write and read poetry!