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.”
Modah Ani
“The day we create / The soul in mercy returned / The heart, even so, / forgiving and forgiven”
Legacy Museum
“I am offered no mask, no armor,
only a ticket and the instruction
to keep walking…”
Hineni – Here I am…
“Hineni – struggling to envision even a “fragile peace” with true justice for all peoples…”
One Twentieth Century Jewish American Legacy
“a gift from ancestors who belonged from the outside / who left destroyed shtetls in Russia, in Poland…”
Cesa
“I want to tell you that I never knew they hated us this much, still!
Today is the 250th anniversary of America / I want to know when you knew it was time to leave Russia…”
Humanistic Jewish Pride Service
A full service for a Humanistic Pride Shabbat
Prayer for Resilience after Multiple Losses
“Help us see a way back to sanity or to a new sanity…”
A Kipah Evolution
“My kippah went on my head almost by its own volition. / It only comes off when I sleep. / It goes back on when I dress.”
Shema
“I chant the Shema, eyes ablaze,
riveted on the N’er Tamid, give thanks / for my inheritance, my life…”
