Benediction for the Buried Choir

“The air, once austere, / awakens to abundance…”
Slowly Awakening

“In the quiet days after Tisha B’Av,
the shofar is still wrapped in / silence /waiting to be retrieved…”
Take These Broken Wings

“Still, somewhere beneath the sorrow / that has settled on me,
something fragile / dreams of flight.”
Elul

“Elul is a bridge crossed in the fullness of summer, a path we begin to clear toward our imagined future.”
Tisha B’Av at Delaney Hall

“We take a breath / in silence and then / a shofar blower / pierces the summer night / with a wailing cry
for justice, for wholeness, for redemption / and release.”
A Mikvah Ritual to Mourn the Loss of Potential Life

A complete mikvah ritual designed with great sensitivity
Modah Ani

“The day we create / The soul in mercy returned / The heart, even so, / forgiving and forgiven”
Enflamed

“My viscera / cannot distinguish / between the extinguishing / of one life in particular…”
Legacy Museum

“I am offered no mask, no armor,
only a ticket and the instruction
to keep walking…”
Hineni – Here I am…

“Hineni – struggling to envision even a “fragile peace” with true justice for all peoples…”