Prayer for Israel, by Rabbi Nahum Waldman (2004)

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Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ישראל Yisrael, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, North America, Progressive Zionism

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	We pray for Israel, Both the mystic ideal of our [ancestors’] dreams, And the living miracle, here and now, Built of heart, muscle, and steel.
	May she endure and guard her soul, Surviving the relentless, age-old hatreds, The cynical concealment of diplomatic deceit, And the rumblings that warn of war.
	May Israel continue to be the temple that magnetizes The loving eyes of Jews in all corners: The Jew in a land of affluence and relative peace, Who forgets the glory and pain of his being, And the Jew in a land of oppression whose bloodied fist Beats in anguish and pride Against the cage of his enslavement.
	May Israel yet embrace her homeless, her own, And bind the ingathered into one people. May those who yearn for a society built on human concern Find the vision of the prophets realized in her.
	May her readiness to defend Never diminish her search for peace.
	May we always dare to hope That in our day the antagonisms will end, That all the displaced, Arab and Jew, will be rooted again, That within Israel and across her borders All God’s children will touch hands in peace.

This prayer for Israel was written by Rabbi Naḥum Waldman (1931-2004) for T’ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. T’ruah works to ensure that Israel remains a safe and secure home for Jews and a place that lives up to the ideal stated in the State of Israel’s 1948 Declaration of Independence that Israel “will foster the development of the country for all of its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice, and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.”

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights

Founded 2002, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, (formerly Rabbis for Human Rights - North America) is a multi-denominational rabbinical organization dedicated to giving voice to the tradition of human rights in Judaism.

Nahum Waldman

Rabbi Nahum Mayer Waldman (1931-2004) was professor of Bible and Hebrew at Gratz College in Philadelphia.

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