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Susan Comninos's avatar

The only thing to say is to keep remembering and teaching about the Shoah, whether or not this moment's students want to hear. https://www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/to-say-a-prayer-by-abraham-sutzkever

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Aviya Kushner's avatar

Thank you for this link, Susan!

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Stegiel's avatar

Poetry is shared as our felt human being is universal. Translation also felt poetic art.

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Aviya Kushner's avatar

I agree!

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Susan Aizenberg's avatar

Thanks, Aviya.

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Liskin-Gasparro, Judith's avatar

Thank you so much for this post, Aviya! You inspired me to incorporate the poem (oyf yidish, of course) into my lesson plan for tomorrow's Yiddish class.

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Aviya Kushner's avatar

I love that this poem will be part of your class!

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