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Olimot Corner

Olimot Corner is a column in the Iton where
movement members who have recently made Aliyah
share their experiences. Our third column comes
from Leah Schwartz, who made Aliyah in September
2020 from HDNA.

Poem by Leah Schwartz about the Violence

After the fire, a small still voice

1. Standing in the stairwell-as-makeshift-bomb-
shelter at 3:00 AM, I ask my friends what this feels
like for them in their bodies. I say, for me, the fatigue
and anxiety and the empty acid feeling in my