My emotions

While at the Western Wall this week, I reflected on my journey from Poland’s somber history to Jerusalem’s sacred present; and wrote this poem:

Following the events of October 7 in Israel

Resilience is honoring the love around me by not being afraid to explore and go deep.

I visited the Treblinka extermination camp. Nearly 1 million Jews were murdered in its gas chambers and burnt.

This was particularly emotional for me.
With every feeling and thought passing through me in the last few days… everything led me to this moment - where I felt connected.

This is the poem I wrote about my experience there: