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ד-פּאַקסExcellent article on <a href="https://babka.social/tags/DaraHorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DaraHorn</a>'s new children's <a href="https://babka.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> and more!"When are <a href="https://babka.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> ready to encounter a <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> of persecution and slaughter?One answer is provided during the seder itself, which often ends with the traditional song “Chad Gadya,” or one little goat in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Aramaic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aramaic</a>. It’s a “cumulative” song about a baby goat that is eaten by a cat, who’s killed by a dog, who’s beaten with a stick, culminating with the Angel of Death being slain by God. One interpretation is that the goat represents the Jewish people, and the climax of the song signals the redemption of the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jews</a>. It’s a dark theme smuggled into an upbeat, if macabre, children’s song.Making light of the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/seder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seder</a>’s darker themes is a <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Passover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Passover</a> tradition all its own, and Horn is on board with it.“By the time children are old enough to appreciate [the darkness], they own the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#story</a>. They’re characters in the story, and they know that about themselves and that this is a story about us,” said Horn."<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/dara-horns-gonzo-time-traveling-childrens-passover-book-wants-people-to-love-living-jews/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.timesofisrael.com/dara-horns-gonzo-time-traveling-childrens-passover-book-wants-people-to-love-living-jews/</a>

earthlingGaza fashion designer sews warm clothes for children with minimal resourcesDestruction is part of daily life in Gaza.But 28-year-old fashion designer Nour al Namla refuses to let war end her dreams.Her boutique has been destroyed three times by war, but she keeps working, stitching warm clothes for babies. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/clothes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clothes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>

#STOPTHEGENOCIDE<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civilians</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/siblings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#siblings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parents</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#loss</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suffering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#suffering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trauma</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deaths</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/killings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#killings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/endisraelswarcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#endisraelswarcrimes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stopisrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stopisrael</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bibi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bibi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#netanyahu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/childmurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#childmurder</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> This <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestinian</a> teenage-boy Zain Al Khalidi was <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MurderedbyIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MurderedbyIsrael</a> while trying to find an internet connection with his phone. When will the world stop <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a>?

#STOPTHEGENOCIDE<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civilians</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/siblings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#siblings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parents</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#loss</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suffering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#suffering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trauma</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deaths</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/killings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#killings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/endisraelswarcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#endisraelswarcrimes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stopisrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stopisrael</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bibi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bibi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#netanyahu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/childmurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#childmurder</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> This little <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestinian</a> girl Laya was <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MurderedbyIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MurderedbyIsrael</a>. The picture shows her celebrating her birthday before the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a> started. When will the world stop <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a>?

earthling<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@photography</a> The next generation of Bakonzo people will be profoundly impacted by the loss of glaciers. Masereka says: ‘I will tell my son it was very beautiful to have snow on the Rwenzori for our livelihood … it will be unfortunate, but I will encourage him to involve himself in conservation-related activities as an alternative to the snow, which was our resource in our time’ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glaciers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>

earthlingA boy mourns over the body of a loved one killed in overnight Israeli bombardment on northern Gaza, at the Ahli Arab Hospital.Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@photography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grief</a>

#STOPTHEGENOCIDENever stop talking about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a>!

earthlingChildren have been among the most severely affected by the continuing Israeli war on Gaza.Many of them have been killed, injured and orphaned and we can see that thousands of children have lost their limbs and they are suffering from severe trauma.51 percent of Gaza’s population are children and they make up the largest proportion of those that were killed since the war began back on October 7, 2023.Tareq Abu Azzoum <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>

earthlingA boy stands amid the devastation in the yard of a school, a day after it was hit by an Israeli strike, in the neighbourhood of al-Tuffah in Gaza CityPhotograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@photography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schools</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>

earthling"Just in Gaza, US rockets used by Israeli occupation to send both SOULS and BODIES of children to heaven!" — Motasem A Dalloul (@AbujomaaGaza) April 4, 2025 <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>

earthling<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@photography</a> Chemis in Plzeň, Czech RepublicIn Plzeň, a photorealistic mural by Chemis depicts a child wrapped warmly in bed sheets holding a teddy bear, an alarm clock above signaling the passing of childhood. The mural cleverly blends with the building’s aged facade, creating a surreal peeling effect.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StreetArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StreetArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/murals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#murals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>

Texas Observer“Write an ode to misfits. A poem of praise for those who don’t belong here or there. A lyric ballad for the children of nowhere. Employ the interjection Oh at some point in the poem. Remember it can be used to capture their joy or your pain.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/poetry-prompts-for-detained-children/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/poetry-prompts-for-detained-children/</a><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a>

earthling<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dove</a>

earthlingGOIN’s poignant stencil artwork “Peace Maker” portrays a child attempting to heal a fallen dove, symbolizing efforts toward peace amid geopolitical conflicts, notably referencing the invasion of Ukraine.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StreetArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StreetArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/murals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#murals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peace</a>

earthlingHarrowing. At least 100 children are reported killed or injured every day in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a>, since the strikes resumed (on 18 March) according to <a href="https://mastodon.social/@unicef" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@unicef</a> Young lives cut short in a war not of children’s making. Since the war began 1.5 years ago, 15,000 children were reportedly killed. — Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) April 4, 2025 <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>

earthlingChildren watch a play organised by Smile Younited in a Syrian displacement camp.PS: Israel bombs Syria too.Photograph: Bilal Hammoud/EPA <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syria</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>

earthlingA Palestinian child looks on at the site of an Israeli strike on a tent site housing displaced people.Photograph: Hatem Khaled/Reuters<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@photography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>

Bytes EuropeKennedy silent after 10,000 federal health workers laid off amid sweeping HHS cuts <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/892655/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/892655/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cancer</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Children</a>'sHealth <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalHealth</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalJustice</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/toxics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxics</a>

earthlingIsraeli forces have carried out strikes on three schools in Gaza City, killing at least 33 people – 18 of them children.The schools were being used as shelters by hundreds of displaced Palestinian families.Israel’s military has also issued orders for residents in more neighbourhoods in Gaza City to flee their homes. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schools</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shelters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shelters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/displaced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#displaced</a>

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