Jewish Resources for Resilience from Hillel International - The Social Blueprint

Israeli Music, blessings and poems

Tags: Jewish Resources, Prayers, Music, Blessings

This is a particularly difficult moment, and many of us are in pain. Thankfully, we are not alone. You are not alone. Collectively, we can draw strength from each other, and from Jewish wisdom and history, which teaches us how to find strength and resilience even in the most difficult times.

This resource includes music, blessings/prayers and ritual experiences you can draw from.

Contemporary Music (click link to listen)

If Not Now, by Carrie Newcomer performed by Dana Bederson while sheltering in Israel
Oseh Shalom, Elena Jagoda
Shalom Rav, Alex Blue
Ahavat Olam, Platt Brothers
Hashkivenu, by Dan Nichols
Prayer of the Mothers, Yael Deckelbaum

Blessings / Prayers / Contemporary Poems

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