Hila Ratzabi
@hilaratzabi.bsky.social
Poet, writer, editor, workshop leader, Jewish educator. Chicago area. Author of ecopoetry collection on climate crisis: THERE ARE STILL WOODS (June Road Press, 2022). Director of communications by day.
Honored to have a new poem, “They asked us to imagine peace,” coming out the anti-war journal @consequencef.bsky.social. The poem will be read by Mass Poet Laureate Regie Gibson at a special launch event in Boston.
Please join us in the celebration of our most recent issue. Go to consequenceforum.org to register and learn more.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Honored to have a new poem, “They asked us to imagine peace,” coming out the anti-war journal @consequencef.bsky.social. The poem will be read by Mass Poet Laureate Regie Gibson at a special launch event in Boston.
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Shana tova, people--
here's a beautiful meditation from the organizer Erika Katske that I have turned to many times over the years,
a stunning poem by @hilaratzabi.bsky.social
and some other goodies for your soul 🍯✨
here's a beautiful meditation from the organizer Erika Katske that I have turned to many times over the years,
a stunning poem by @hilaratzabi.bsky.social
and some other goodies for your soul 🍯✨
happy new year
a few sweet offerings for you 🍯
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Shana tova, people--
here's a beautiful meditation from the organizer Erika Katske that I have turned to many times over the years,
a stunning poem by @hilaratzabi.bsky.social
and some other goodies for your soul 🍯✨
here's a beautiful meditation from the organizer Erika Katske that I have turned to many times over the years,
a stunning poem by @hilaratzabi.bsky.social
and some other goodies for your soul 🍯✨
Instead of reading the news this morning, I wrote a poem about not reading the news. And I keep growing things, despite everything.
May 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Instead of reading the news this morning, I wrote a poem about not reading the news. And I keep growing things, despite everything.
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I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
Just landed in El Salvador to discuss release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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April 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
Thanks to @baltimorereview.bsky.social for publishing my poem “Capture” in their latest issue. A poem I wrote on my lunch break on trying to capture a photo of two deer. 🦌🦌 baltimorereview.org/spring_2025/...
April 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thanks to @baltimorereview.bsky.social for publishing my poem “Capture” in their latest issue. A poem I wrote on my lunch break on trying to capture a photo of two deer. 🦌🦌 baltimorereview.org/spring_2025/...
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We've been writing about the plummeting pollinator population for years. Nobody ever listens to us! And - while there isn't much we (individuals) can do to turn things around, here are two tips to help bees.
1. Stop using pesticides. ALL pesticides. 🐝
2. Grow native flowers, plants, and shrubs. 🌻
1. Stop using pesticides. ALL pesticides. 🐝
2. Grow native flowers, plants, and shrubs. 🌻
April 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
We've been writing about the plummeting pollinator population for years. Nobody ever listens to us! And - while there isn't much we (individuals) can do to turn things around, here are two tips to help bees.
1. Stop using pesticides. ALL pesticides. 🐝
2. Grow native flowers, plants, and shrubs. 🌻
1. Stop using pesticides. ALL pesticides. 🐝
2. Grow native flowers, plants, and shrubs. 🌻
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Cartoon by Ali Solomon (@alisolomain.bsky.social)
March 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Cartoon by Ali Solomon (@alisolomain.bsky.social)
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Crowd for the #standupforscience rally in Chicago continues to grow, filling a good chunk of Fed Plaza
March 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Crowd for the #standupforscience rally in Chicago continues to grow, filling a good chunk of Fed Plaza
Thank you to @riseupreview.bsky.social for publishing my new poem, “Petition,” one that is very close to my heart, my personal prayer for peace. www.riseupreview.org/hila-ratzabi
Hila Ratzabi
www.riseupreview.org
February 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Thank you to @riseupreview.bsky.social for publishing my new poem, “Petition,” one that is very close to my heart, my personal prayer for peace. www.riseupreview.org/hila-ratzabi
Just finished the first session of Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry as the snow creates a blank canvas on the earth. We are creating a space to use words to repair & heal our broken world. As I wrote in my poem “How to Pray While the World Burns”: “The earth hears your prayer.”
February 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Just finished the first session of Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry as the snow creates a blank canvas on the earth. We are creating a space to use words to repair & heal our broken world. As I wrote in my poem “How to Pray While the World Burns”: “The earth hears your prayer.”
Hey, teachers, in case no one told you today: you are beautiful.
February 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey, teachers, in case no one told you today: you are beautiful.
I am finally writing and submitting poems again. Planning my spring veggie garden. Focusing on the good people doing good in the world. Finding the spaces available where I can plant my seeds. (Photos from the summer garden)
February 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I am finally writing and submitting poems again. Planning my spring veggie garden. Focusing on the good people doing good in the world. Finding the spaces available where I can plant my seeds. (Photos from the summer garden)
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Who could have possibly predicted?
February 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Who could have possibly predicted?
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February 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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We're so excited to host this workshop with Hila Ratzabi. It's not too late to sign up, so please register today!
“Each and every grass has a song” —Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav
Thrilled to be teaching “Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry” for Yetzirah. Six Wednesdays in February, online, all sessions will be recorded in case you can’t attend live. Join me!
yetzirahpoets.org/yprograms/so...
Thrilled to be teaching “Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry” for Yetzirah. Six Wednesdays in February, online, all sessions will be recorded in case you can’t attend live. Join me!
yetzirahpoets.org/yprograms/so...
January 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We're so excited to host this workshop with Hila Ratzabi. It's not too late to sign up, so please register today!
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Hila’s workshops are fantastic!
“Each and every grass has a song” —Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav
Thrilled to be teaching “Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry” for Yetzirah. Six Wednesdays in February, online, all sessions will be recorded in case you can’t attend live. Join me!
yetzirahpoets.org/yprograms/so...
Thrilled to be teaching “Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry” for Yetzirah. Six Wednesdays in February, online, all sessions will be recorded in case you can’t attend live. Join me!
yetzirahpoets.org/yprograms/so...
January 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hila’s workshops are fantastic!
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Applications for Yetzirah's 2025 Jewish Poetry Conference open this weekend, and will remain open until February 21!
Find details, including a recording of our Conference Q&A - plus more information about recent and upcoming Yetzirah opportunities - through our latest newsletter: bit.ly/3PUJi4z
Find details, including a recording of our Conference Q&A - plus more information about recent and upcoming Yetzirah opportunities - through our latest newsletter: bit.ly/3PUJi4z
January 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Applications for Yetzirah's 2025 Jewish Poetry Conference open this weekend, and will remain open until February 21!
Find details, including a recording of our Conference Q&A - plus more information about recent and upcoming Yetzirah opportunities - through our latest newsletter: bit.ly/3PUJi4z
Find details, including a recording of our Conference Q&A - plus more information about recent and upcoming Yetzirah opportunities - through our latest newsletter: bit.ly/3PUJi4z
“Each and every grass has a song” —Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav
Thrilled to be teaching “Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry” for Yetzirah. Six Wednesdays in February, online, all sessions will be recorded in case you can’t attend live. Join me!
yetzirahpoets.org/yprograms/so...
Thrilled to be teaching “Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry” for Yetzirah. Six Wednesdays in February, online, all sessions will be recorded in case you can’t attend live. Join me!
yetzirahpoets.org/yprograms/so...
January 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“Each and every grass has a song” —Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav
Thrilled to be teaching “Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry” for Yetzirah. Six Wednesdays in February, online, all sessions will be recorded in case you can’t attend live. Join me!
yetzirahpoets.org/yprograms/so...
Thrilled to be teaching “Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry” for Yetzirah. Six Wednesdays in February, online, all sessions will be recorded in case you can’t attend live. Join me!
yetzirahpoets.org/yprograms/so...
Gorgeous winter hike today 🌳🌳🌳🌳
January 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Gorgeous winter hike today 🌳🌳🌳🌳
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Nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering—not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, and certainly not status. We must feel for one another if we are to survive with dignity.
~ Audrey Hepburn
~ Audrey Hepburn
January 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering—not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, and certainly not status. We must feel for one another if we are to survive with dignity.
~ Audrey Hepburn
~ Audrey Hepburn
I couldn’t sleep last night so I made this “WTF MUSE” shirt and mug, and while I was at it, I decided to express my rage at AI by making a “Writer Not Robot” shirt and mug. I guess being quarantined with Covid in the basement will do that to you. Enjoy! wtfmuse.myshopify.com
October 4, 2023 at 2:09 PM
I couldn’t sleep last night so I made this “WTF MUSE” shirt and mug, and while I was at it, I decided to express my rage at AI by making a “Writer Not Robot” shirt and mug. I guess being quarantined with Covid in the basement will do that to you. Enjoy! wtfmuse.myshopify.com
Join me for what will be a fabulous reading of debut poets tomorrow night!! So excited to read with fellow June Road Press authors. I’ve read all their books and they are stunning. Hope to see you on Zoom! #poetry #poetryreading #debutpoets
June Road Press Fall Launch Event: A Virtual Poetry Reading & Celebration
Join us for the first virtual event from June Road Press, featuring five of our dazzling authors!
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September 27, 2023 at 6:46 PM
Join me for what will be a fabulous reading of debut poets tomorrow night!! So excited to read with fellow June Road Press authors. I’ve read all their books and they are stunning. Hope to see you on Zoom! #poetry #poetryreading #debutpoets
A good day to make my first post. It’s my book birthday!!! Message me to order a signed copy with the fancy gold Nautilus Award sticker on it! Here’s me taking my book out on the town in Chicago to celebrate.
September 10, 2023 at 7:46 PM
A good day to make my first post. It’s my book birthday!!! Message me to order a signed copy with the fancy gold Nautilus Award sticker on it! Here’s me taking my book out on the town in Chicago to celebrate.