May the Earth Reflect the Heavens: A Prayer for Change
“A heavenly court grows… / They bear witness to / Our ongoing news cycle”
Schein Family Baby Naming Traditions
Baby naming tradition matching Hebrew letters of child’s name to biblical verses
At My Kid’s Gymnastics Class I Read the News from Texas
Poem in response to school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022
Not in This World or in the Next
“We will return to you, / you will return to us.”
Blessing for Someone Relocating
“We pray that you carry us in your heart to your new home”
From Out of the Narrow Place: Prayer for Pro-Choice Rally
“Let us use our voices and our votes to cry out as loud as we can”
In This Place
“I want to know this: did God see you / trying as hard as you could / to live?”
Tiferet Sh’be’Kedoshim
“This is the time of year I love”
Kaddish for Aylan
“it cannot be a still small voice”
Confessional to the Women We’ve Failed
“For all of our failures to protect you, our daughters, mothers, partners and friends”
