An Offering
You offered to walk with me around Queen Anne Hill, holding my hand /
You offered to take me out again. /
What was the meaning of these offerings? /
Kaddish Yatom (Mourner’s Kaddish)
The Reconstructionist version of the Mourner’s Kaddish.
Tisha B’Av 2024
“Did they praise / the G-d that brought about their / most brutal response to devastation? / Or did they lament?”
An Eve Ritual for Rosh Hashanah
A new Rosh Hashanah ritual honoring Eve’s role in the beginning of our human story
The Numbers: A Tisha B’Av Lamentation
“For every grain of salt, a thousand tears…”
Soporific
“Count instead the growing number
of cared-fors you have lost…”
Riding the El
“I almost giggle when I find myself whispering / a long-forgotten prayer.”
Blessing for Hunger
Don’t fret about terms, /
she croons. /
Just watch the squirrels
The Word is Wood
Hear, O Israel /
the prayer was dance /
Adonai Eloheinu /
there were no pews
21 Alternative Challah Recipes: Notes from a Google Search History
what does ethereal mean /
when is the pool open for lap swimming /
what’s happening in the middle east
