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Skylar Liberty Rose's avatar

I’m always here for multiplicity, hard as it often is to hold.

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Jena Schwartz's avatar

It is so hard. And so important. 💟

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Shawna Jackson's avatar

Thank you for writing this. Thank you for sharing your experience, a brave thing to do. I am really trying to understand what is happening right now, and your perspective gives me insight. I hope we can hold on to our humanity through all of this.

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Jena Schwartz's avatar

One thing this trip really brought home for me was that understanding what is happening is very, very not simple. I'm grateful for your presence here and your comment.

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Adrienne Dern's avatar

Oh, Jena. I waited to read this until I had sufficient time to sit with it. That was the right decision. I became increasingly quiet, subdued even, as I experienced your words. So deeply touching and full of wisdom. And the challenges for all of us -- to live with feelings that don't neatly reside on one side of the fence or other, and to live life in the midst of our awareness of horror. Thank you. And love.

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Jena Schwartz's avatar

Adrienne, thank you. I appreciate that you waited to read it and all the care and thoughtfulness that conveys. xo

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Amy Rosenberg's avatar

What a beautiful piece. You’re a wonderful writer.

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Jena Schwartz's avatar

Thank you so much for reading, Amy.

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Stacy Morrison's avatar

This resonates so deeply: “I wished they could teleport into the three-dimensionality of anguish and devotion and real-ness and diversity and despair and exhaustion and depth.”

I wish we could all handle the complexity of embracing three-dimensionality. Grateful and happy for you the trip was everything you hoped and knew it would be. Oh, humanity!! And so glad you can shine this out to everyone. We all need bridges. We are so lost it so many ways. Anyway, thank you. You said so many wise and deep things here. Thank you.

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Jena Schwartz's avatar

Stacy, your reflection means a lot to me. Yes, we need bridges!!

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Emmy Bakker-van Swaaij's avatar

This is great Je a, all of it (that poem in the end I will savour for a long time as well as your article. Thank you,

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Jena Schwartz's avatar

Emmy, so glad we got to connect recently. xo

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Deborah Lewis's avatar

From your fellow traveler through this quagmire of feelings - your writing is healing ❤️🇮🇱 Shabbat Shalom 🕯️🕯️

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Jena Schwartz's avatar

So grateful we met. Shabbat shalom 🪽

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Tamara's avatar

Thank you Jena, for this ♥ -^-

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Jena Schwartz's avatar

🙏

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Diane Gottlieb's avatar

Wow! Thank you for this, Jena! So much. I look forward to reading more of your words and thoughts "in weeks and perhaps months (years?!) to come"

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Jena Schwartz's avatar

💜

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