Prayer for Not Spending Holidays With People Who Harm You
may you be blessed /
with radical refusal
Prayer for Pittsburgh
Creator of Life, You created human beings in Your image, each person A universe. Whole. Complete. Precious. You gave us eyes to see. And minds to reason. You gave us […]
How We Close Our Prayers
Close with a moment of quiet Remembering our teachers inspirations influences All our relations Our beloveds Take your thumb now and run it up and down your heart-line Now […]
We Need a Women’s Movement
As long as men who hate women murder us in bars, yoga studios, neighborhoods and homes, we need a women’s movement. And as long as the men who lead other […]
Kaddish for the Tree of Life Synagogue
Standing here in Boston Common Happy kids’ voices trickling over from the playground The imam tells us not to fear each other The reverend tells us she will poke holes […]
Prayer for the Shabbat after Pittsburgh
The Torah calls upon us to rise and honor our elders. Instead, this week we sat shiva for our elders. Those to whom we look for wisdom on how to […]
Tree of Life
This acrostic piece spells out “Tree of Life Pittsburgh Tree of Life.” It is, of course, a response to the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue (October 27, 2018). […]
Ahavah Rabbah: Unending Love for Pittsburgh
“We are beautiful. / We are beloved. / We are worthy of life.”
Taharot in Pittsburgh
As the Jewish world mourns the murders at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, a group of private individuals are preparing themselves to perform taharot. Taharah (taharot, pl) is the ritual preparation […]
How to Pray While the World Burns
Go outside. Find a patch of grass, sand, dirt. Sit, kneel, place a hand or just A finger to the soft earth. Feel it pulse back. Open your palms and […]
