Cicada Psalm (2004–2021)

“Each seventeen years, the Creator rejoices”
Parashat Naso

“In the center of the book, / The letters”
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Pillars: A Prayer for Peace

“Shalom, salaam – the only victory”
Abolitionist Lo Dayenu

“If we realized the diversity of Black people and their experiences, but didn’t practice radical empathy with them — lo dayenu.”
The Smoke Has Not Cleared: A Prayer for Peace

“our eyes clouded / By rocket fire”
For the Return of Peace

“Today we pray in the name of the children”
Mizrahi Food, American Kitchen: Making Mashka Duah for Shavuot

Recipe for Persian frittata and Mashka Duah for Shavuot
For the City G-d Built

“and so we forget our own house / and walk in g-d’s”
A Ritual Before Meeting with Your Beit Din for Conversion

“May I feel belonging and chosenness in all spaces.”
Yesod in the Land: Parshat Behar-Bechukotai

“We are connected / Below the surface of the land”