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.”
Two Hundred and Fifty – A Time to Stand Proud and Tall
“Multiple voices once spoke of who we are…”
Prayer on the 250th Anniversary of America
“We pray that we will find our way
From the narrow place
To the broad place.”
Mixed Multitude: A Pride Reflection
“May we deliver ourselves into the treasured Holy Era
of supreme acceptance –”
A PEOPLE THAT DWELLS APART: A Ritual After Withdrawing From Those Who Left Us Alone
A powerful ritual for someone who has needed to end a relationship because of antisemitism
Praying to the Questions
“When I sit outside / And talk to God / Perhaps God is the conversation…”
A Father’s Truth
“A boy’s innocence thins
as the voice thickens—”
