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April 6 1998 T-shirt decal for Independence Day: A Poem by by Karen Alkalay-Gut as part of the celebration of Israel's 50th anniversary. It reads more like an ideographic prayer than anything else...

It
is still
possible
to envision a true Jewish state
but only if it is large
enough to include
the rest of the world
and generous enough
to acknowledge and try to right
the wrongs committed even
unwillingly in its
creation.
This is
our

hope

Karen Alkalay-Gut teaches Victorian poetry at Tel Aviv University but in her own poems prefers a more direct approach than the subjects of her academic concerns. She is "always interested" in reader reactions to her poetry and can be emailed to Karen Alkalay-Gut

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