# Korban

By [Compossible - that which can live together](https://paragraph.com/@compossible) · 2024-05-31

poetry, palestine, israel, gaza

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Another day

Wrestling with God

Nothing is forgiven

Someone has to pay

Something must be given

Unholy offering

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There is no promised land

Fragrant with the fruits of compassion 

You, who will not paint the houses

With the blood of your cousins,

Deserve to enter

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Go back or be silent 

Whilst we build

A new paradise

For our people

Willing to

Sacrifice 

Everything

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Even Adonai

  

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_\*Dedicated to Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907 Poland – 1972 US)_

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Read Part II of the Canto for David here:

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Mantle
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Each day we watch Astonished As you grow in strength Into your blood feathers

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Read Part IV of the Canto for David here:

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The Witching Hour
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Who will watch the Unwatched Time

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**Suggested reading:**

[https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/heschel-religion-and-race-speech-text/](https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/heschel-religion-and-race-speech-text/)

  

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On Campus, a New Social Litmus Test: Zionist or Not?
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Some Jewish students say they've been dropped by old roommates and sorority sisters and ostracized from campus clubs and teams because of their views - which are sometimes assumed.

https://www.nytimes.com

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](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/style/jewish-college-students-zionism-israel.html)

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You dare to live without God
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Wrestle with your angel

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Wrestling with God, AI-art

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*Originally published on [Compossible - that which can live together](https://paragraph.com/@compossible/korban)*