Finding Harmony: Making Music within your Synagogue/Bringing Tradition to Life

Music is such a profound way to express oneself and a way to connect spiritually with community. Jewish tradition allows for song and prayer. Playing the bass guitar includes keeping […]
A Spiritual Humanistic Havdalah For Healing From Difficult Memories of an Old Home

Based on the havdalah ceremony, this ritual focuses on compassion and self-care
Odesa, 1983

“May there never again be war. Wasn’t war lifetimes ago? Who wants war?”
Borscht Season

“This is when / enormous red warmths / reply to November wind. “
Hush

“Soft layers of quiet are my dowry…”
Liberation from Grief

A new ritual to bring the memory of a loved one who is no longer with us to the seder.
A Prayer for Thanksgiving

“Bless us, Divine Source, / with earth’s abundant generosity.”
Haverim Hayil, Friends of Valor

A new, inclusive alternative to Eshet Hayil.
Bereshit | Genesis Paintings: 7 | Awakening

“Yaakov awoke from his sleep and said: Why, Gd is in this place and I did not know it!” (Fox) Dreams and Torah share deep structures that reveal multiple layers […]
On Waking: A Relational Narrative Prayer of Discovery

A teaching and prayerful poem about the gift of waking up each day.