Category: Hard Times

Three Practices of Gratitude

Three Practices of Gratitude

By Alden Solovy
January 25, 2021
Cultivating gratitude for the good which is not yet
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Meryl’s Menorah Method: Writing by Candlelight

Meryl’s Menorah Method: Writing by Candlelight

By Meryl Branch-McTiernan
December 16, 2020
On the fourth day of
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Wheelchair Ritual for Last Steps

Wheelchair Ritual for Last Steps

By Ilana Schatz
September 3, 2020
Although I cannot walk with my legs, I can still move forward.
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A Conversation With One in Mourning

Making Space for all our Emotions in Response to the Pandemic

By Rabbi Vivie Mayer
June 10, 2020
Learning to invite all our inner voices to the stage
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A Plague of Darkness

A Plague of Darkness

By Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
March 31, 2020
There is a plague of darkness that has fallen not only on our land but upon the world
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During Covid-19 Greet People Vulcan Style (based on the Priestly Blessing!)

During Covid-19 Greet People Vulcan Style (based on the Priestly Blessing!)

By Joanne Fink
March 18, 2020
Live Long and Prosper
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Communal Acts of Private Intimacy: A Review of Trisha Arlin’s Place Yourself

Fighting Guns with Prayer

By Alden Solovy
August 5, 2019
Prayer can give strength to activists. Prayer can remind us of our best selves, helping to galvanize action.
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Journeying through the Siddur: A Review of Alden Solovy's This Joyous Soul

Journeying through the Siddur: A Review of Alden Solovy’s This Joyous Soul

By Trisha Arlin
March 31, 2019
The Amidah section in my copy of This Joyous Soul is a sea of dog ears
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Communal Acts of Private Intimacy: A Review of Trisha Arlin’s Place Yourself

Communal Acts of Private Intimacy: A Review of Trisha Arlin’s Place Yourself

By Alden Solovy
January 7, 2019
Like the liturgists of old, Arlin’s work troubles us where we are too comfortable and comforts us when we are troubled
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Burning Away the Darkness: A Winter Solstice Ritual

Burning Away the Darkness: A Winter Solstice Ritual

By Kimi Hardesty
January 2, 2019
Winter Solstice seemed like the perfect time... a time to move from darkness to light.
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