Heschel King
On the yahrzeit/anniversary of passing of Abraham Joshua Heschel and birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. I The picture of Abraham Joshua Heschel rabbi, human being, interpreter of inner Judaism […]
Preparing for Psalm 27
May polar bears swim safely /
to the ice flows, and may we love /
our way back to soft tickling cheeks, /
hot breath, moist lips
A New Year for the Trees: A Tu Bi’Shevat Seder for Everyone
I founded Shomrei Adamah, Keepers of the Earth, the first national Jewish environmental organization in 1988, and have been thinking and writing about the relationship between ecology and religion ever […]
Bat Shekhinah
I created the Bat Shekhinah ritual when a friend from B’nai Or of Boston asked me to create a ritual for her daughter about to become a Bat Mitzvah. She […]
Loosening Our Hair: Queering Upshirin
may the strength that flowed through the untamed and flung off locks of our ancestors flow through your locks here today and whenever you feel the need to be loosened […]
Body-Positive New Year’s Blessing
This is a time of year that people talk a lot about their bodies, so I will remind you: Your body is a wondrous thing. It has lungs that help […]
Prayer for Acute Mental Illness Crisis
Hashkiveini Adonai Elohai le’shalom ve’ha’amideini shomri le’hayyim Adonai, my God, make my laying down low be peaceful. Make me able to raise up again to life, my Guardian. I come […]
Prayer for Those who Decided to Stay Home
Because of the complexity of trauma and experience, it’s often not possible for folks to attend Jewish family or community events. I wrote this prayer for folks seeking to ritualize […]
Blessing after an Injury
What just happened? My body is not the same as it was before. I’m angry. I’m hurt. And I’m scared of what this means. Is this my new normal? Will […]
Mikveh Kavannah for Affirming Jewish identity
When recited by one who immersed to accept or to affirm Jewish identity: May these living waters carry me forward As I have now immersed deeper into the stream of […]
