“Thanks for your participation in this session,” the host says to the hundreds of zoom guests, “Now we will take a short break – to see what’s happening with the elections….Not that anyone cares.”  

It was a great session – the poetry of Sharon Olds and wonderful translations into Hebrew.  But I took one last look at the participants and wished they had as much sensitivity to their lives as they have to the poetry.  Even if it isn’t going to make a difference – you have to try,