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…”
Yom Kippur Offering
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“Words. Waiting / for souls to emerge / chiseled and clean.”
In Full Voice
“But the gift of The Waste Land
seemed sincere…”
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…”
That Small Wooden Dock
“Some other night, we will call for courage. This night: The boat safely moored / at the shadowed dock. Sweet dreams.”
