2026
“In covenant I heed tzedek’s demand: / That justice cannot mend what is unhealed…”
Untaneh Tokef for a Polarized World
“we can rise above the instincts that divide us / and discover the holiness that binds us together.”
After the Crossing
“Set us free to wander again / where all journeys end in wonder…”
God Seems So Distant This Year
“When we expect sweetness to be given / to us from above instead of doing the work / ourselves to make our lives sweeter?”
Slowly Awakening
“In the quiet days after Tisha B’Av,
the shofar is still wrapped in / silence /waiting to be retrieved…”
Elul
“Elul is a bridge crossed in the fullness of summer, a path we begin to clear toward our imagined future.”
Tisha B’Av at Delaney Hall
“We take a breath / in silence and then / a shofar blower / pierces the summer night / with a wailing cry
for justice, for wholeness, for redemption / and release.”
A Mikvah Ritual to Mourn the Loss of Potential Life
A complete mikvah ritual designed with great sensitivity
Modah Ani
“The day we create / The soul in mercy returned / The heart, even so, / forgiving and forgiven”
Enflamed
“My viscera / cannot distinguish / between the extinguishing / of one life in particular…”
