...and this would be Moshiach Chapbook by Leo Rodriguez
“I want to gather their names and bind them like tefillin. I want to chant their birthdays and secret dreams like tehillim, and their favorite words, though my English tongue babbles but already they are seeping through my hands.
In October 2023 as the High Holidays were coming to a close with Simchat Torah, Israel launched its most dramatic assault upon the people of Palestine in decades. Now, nearly a year later, Gaza is still bleeding. This collection of poetry and essays sheds light on the horrors of Israeli occupation, emphasizes the centrality of Jewish-Arab solidarity, and rallies for a new Jewish identity divorced from Zionism. The potential for Moshiach—the liberatory figure who will usher in a new world of peace—lives within each of us. Moshiach is the sum of our collective actions to liberate, to bring peace, to right what is wrong. Together, we must be Moshiach.” - Leo Rodriguez
7.75” x 5”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
“I want to gather their names and bind them like tefillin. I want to chant their birthdays and secret dreams like tehillim, and their favorite words, though my English tongue babbles but already they are seeping through my hands.
In October 2023 as the High Holidays were coming to a close with Simchat Torah, Israel launched its most dramatic assault upon the people of Palestine in decades. Now, nearly a year later, Gaza is still bleeding. This collection of poetry and essays sheds light on the horrors of Israeli occupation, emphasizes the centrality of Jewish-Arab solidarity, and rallies for a new Jewish identity divorced from Zionism. The potential for Moshiach—the liberatory figure who will usher in a new world of peace—lives within each of us. Moshiach is the sum of our collective actions to liberate, to bring peace, to right what is wrong. Together, we must be Moshiach.” - Leo Rodriguez
7.75” x 5”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
“I want to gather their names and bind them like tefillin. I want to chant their birthdays and secret dreams like tehillim, and their favorite words, though my English tongue babbles but already they are seeping through my hands.
In October 2023 as the High Holidays were coming to a close with Simchat Torah, Israel launched its most dramatic assault upon the people of Palestine in decades. Now, nearly a year later, Gaza is still bleeding. This collection of poetry and essays sheds light on the horrors of Israeli occupation, emphasizes the centrality of Jewish-Arab solidarity, and rallies for a new Jewish identity divorced from Zionism. The potential for Moshiach—the liberatory figure who will usher in a new world of peace—lives within each of us. Moshiach is the sum of our collective actions to liberate, to bring peace, to right what is wrong. Together, we must be Moshiach.” - Leo Rodriguez
7.75” x 5”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
Leo Rodriguez (they/them) is a neurodivergent Jewish nonbinary lesbian writer and artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They spend their nights working in technical theatre and their days in political canvassing, and time in-between listening to punk rock and reading sci-fi. Their work has been featured in Snowflake Magazine, Messy Misfits Zine, oranges journal, and elsewhere.
