Unetaneh Tokef for 5780
On Rosh HaShanah it is written, on Yom Kippur it is sealed: Who will die from unclean water? Who will die from an assault weapon? Who will die because they […]
What Was I Even Thinking?
You want to leave in peace. /
I want to write your name with love.
Interpretive Eleh Ezkerah
ELEH EZKERAH is a medieval poem based on midrashim from the 5th and 6th centuries, which recounts the martyrdom of ten rabbis who were killed by the Romans following the […]
I Stand Here (Hineni): A Song for the Service Leader
I wrote this several years ago during my first professional assignment as a cantorial soloist, primarily to calm down my jittery nerves about the whole experience. It has since been […]
Blessing for the Body
Blessed are You, the Unembodied One, before whom we appear in the imperfect flesh that holds our part of Your perfected wisdom. Our openings and vessels and tubes and connections […]
5780
The new year falls from a languid sky over Ocean Parkway crimson light on pre-war bathroom tiles. One week ago was Labor Day. Without lifeguards we are summoned to remember […]
Here I am – Hineni
An interactive prayer for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Mussaf Here I am Stirred up Planted in front of You And in front of my Fellow conspirators in prayer To […]
Azazel
On a hill in a Wilderness somewhere in the United States of America. On the fourth day I began to ask for forgiveness. I ascended into silence and an animal […]
The Birds Have Fled
The birds have fled, flown the coop as it were. They’ve gone the way of the dodo and the cricket and bullfrog. Good old Jeremiah has grown silent with their […]
Real Kippur
It may come at you together As a community And it may come individually It may come in a way you least expect You may have to do it yourself […]
