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Rachel Miller Solomin
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Mom & Queen of Cuddles. Armchair philosopher & cultural critic. Slacker rabbi without a pulpit or classroom. Advocate for children and parents, especially those with special needs. Frustrated artist, beginning photographer, and aspiring poet.
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We The People Take Action
A week of actions and guides to make a meaningful impact
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November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text. -- Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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September 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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dry out your puddles
mosquito season on the horizon
declare “no quarter”

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |mosquito|
June 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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rabbit leaps ‘cross the yard
tall grass hiding red fruit snacks
mock strawberry gems

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |tall grass|
June 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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I have worked as a rabbi or Jewish educator in recent years. Recently, I’ve been a bit more advocacy and volunteering. This cause is dear to my heart: www.foodaidforgaza.org/shabbat. This specific group reaches across the ideological spectrum to promote Jewish values re Palestine. #jews_for_food_aid
Food Aid Shabbat — Jews for Food Aid for Gaza
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June 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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June counts down to summer
I spot the year’s first fruit fly
scouting strawberries

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |flies|
June 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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summertime snowballs
drips flavor hands extra-sweet
sun-warmed skin shivers

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |shaved ice|
June 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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hot summer concert
horns and drums fill the ballroom
sweat drips down my back

#dailyhaikuprompt #Haiku
|hot night|
June 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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lily centerpiece
fallen petals and stamens
red smears of pollen

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |pollen|

For 6/7
June 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Our haiku prompts for June 7-14

Remember, the prompt is just a suggestion. Use it, or not, as you like.

North South
06/07 Pollen Oatmeal
06/08 Hot Night Holly
06/09 Shaved Ice Short Days
06/10 Flies Overcoat
06/11 Tall Grass Breath
06/12 Mosquito Cold Night
06/13 Spring Water Dark
06/14 Green […]
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June 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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A statement from Portland Contra Las Deportaciones on the events that unfolded at Portland ICE facility yesterday
On June 4th 2025 activist rallied outside the ice facility in Portland Oregon at 4310 South macadam avenue to demand an end to Trump's racist attacks on immigrants when they showed up in the morning there was a long line out the door of immigrants waiting to enter the building. Sometime later a bus left the facility full of people that had been detained. Activist protested the bus leaving the facility on a public sidewalk and pushed by security guards quickly after the department of Homeland security officers came out and demanded the protesters handcuffed and take them in the ice facility At no point where protesters read their Miranda rights are told that they were under arrest when the inside the facility they were placed in shackles it was confirmed by one of the protesters that inside the building there were people being held in cells some of whom were people who were in line outside the building earlier in the morning. After being held for over an hour the protesters were released they were told that they were never under arrest but that charges have no filed against them but they were held against their will inside of a government building and shackles and handcuffs and they were not under arrest is a blatant violation of their rights Dozens of protesters had no converged upon the building to stand against this attack and will outside at around 5:00 p.m. another bus full of detained people left the facility Portland Contra las deportaciones unequivocally stands against these attacks in our community while we are glad our comrades are released we are devastated knowing that there were other people detained that day that did not get released we keep them in our minds and hearts as we commit to fighting even harder against ice terror What happened to us was terrifying illegally abduction without due process stated Michelle darr one of the activists that was detained we were shackled and held without cause or arrest inside government building used to process human suffering and while we were eventually released so many immigrants mother's father's children remained inside nameless and voiceless awaiting an uncertain fate in the fascist system that was never meant to protect them my heart breaks for every soul trapped in that building and every family torn apart we will not be silenced we will not be deterred we'll keep showing up because no one is free until all of us are free
June 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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(1/3) Next nation-wide day of protest is June 14th! Stronger together!!
#portland #oregon #multnomah #protest #rally #march #fiftyfiftyone
Credit for this phenomenal artwork: @shesaworldchanger on instagram. Website: www.taimaniemeraldcreative.com
Flyer with an image of lady liberty as a black woman with a tattered LGTBQ+ flag draped around her body. She holds books to her chest in one arm, and the other arm is extended toward the viewer in welcome. Two children huddle at her feet, hugging her legs and appearing concerned. Many chained hands of different skin tones reach toward lady liberty at the bottom of the frame, seemingly beseeching her to help them, longing for freedom. A banner above lady liberty reads, "Stronger Together, Rise Against Fascism" with the signature of the artist, Taimani Emerald Creative, on one corner of the banner. The image is framed like a tarot card. Text on the flyer reads, "June 14th, noon to 4pm, all flags welcome. Flag Day. Battleship oregon memorial, SW Naito Parkway, PDX. Organize against systemic injustice. Learn ways to support your community. Rally and march for change." A logo of a lighthouse shining a rainbow is in the left corner, with the numbers "5050" next to the lighthouse and a lighthouse symbolizing the number one. On the right corner is a QR code that leads to a linktree: https://linktr.ee/50501portlandoregon
May 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Falling behind this week…

slow pull into driveway
sprinklers spray and cheery barks greet
pet first, park later

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |spray|
June 6, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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safe from my sprayer—
spittle bug foam clings to a weed
insect sips free lunch
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |spray| for 6/3
June 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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play fight in the garden
raucous children and their guns
water balloon bursts
hit point-blank at a friend’s eye
spraying boys or plants? aim for feet

#dailyhaikuprompt
#senryu
|spray|
June 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Strawberry; sun-warmed,
succulent, sweet seductress -
Come, taste me. Love me!

#dailyhaikuprompt berry
#haiku
#poetry
#poet
#micropoetry
#writingcommunity
June 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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my blueberry crop
still matches leafy branches
I check in daily
peek at the berries’ color
surveil for competition

#dailyhaikuprompt #senryu |berry|
June 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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sensitive show-offs
rosy violet and periwinkle
bundled together

locate in shade or
veil them lest they scorch
cotton sheets protect

shy hydrangea blooms
happy and bold on old wood
prune down to new leaves

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |hydrangea|
June 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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ants march on sidewalk
drawn to wet sap drips on tree
ignore picnic crumbs
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |sap|
May 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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peonies’ bright blooms
clouds nestle tree silhouettes
sun continues shining—
I nod and smile as a stranger
observes through binoculars
#dailyhaikuprompt #senryu |grief|
May 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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robins wake with song
face burrows in lover’s neck
gray morn in orchard

farewell to valley
fruit trees and dew-kissed flowers
ripe strawberry fields

driveway gravel crunch
a hand on dog’s soft head
electric car thrum

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#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |river|
May 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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spring weather changes—
hills wake in dawn’s cotton clouds
emerge in noon sun

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |hills|
May 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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fear of possibility
to hold a downy chick in hand
vulnerable and new

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku |downy|
May 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM