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October 7

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 25, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a poem submitted at the request of a Virginia Beach constituent, Rabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman of Temple Lev Tikvah, and is a reflection of his views: october 7

October 7

First anniversary for an old-new pogrom

With Holocaust dimensions

In a land deserving Shalom's program

While pursued by ghastly ghosts

It seeks to overcome

Under the blazing sun that rarely forgives

But dares not forget,

Watching over challenged tender

Saplings of renewed faith restored

To a promising ancient home,

Fledglings of hope sans the

Threatening clouds raining

Death for too long,

To remove fences obstructing

The view of hands touching hands,

Hearts joining hearts,

Buried dreams in the

Sands of time and trouble,

To yet resurface to quench

The thirst of the conflicted

Children of Yitzchak and Yishmael

Who will learn to drink from

The same to- be- recovered well

That once brought life to

Now a deserted tent.

Rabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman is the founder of Temple Lev Tikvah in Virginia Beach. Kazakhstan's only born rabbi, he is the son of Polish Holocaust Survivors and spent his early childhood in transit and DP Camps in Austria and Germany. He grew up in Haifa, Israel.

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