Frying a Soulful Latke
Listen to Karen Webber’s ‘Frying a Soulful Latke,’ a Hanukkah poem from her series ‘Enkindle.’
Innocence knows the Joy at Hanukkah
“As the candles descend / we are reminded / that nothing is /permanent / other than the Love of Hashem…”
Peace – Shalom
“Peace does not look like a dove / or a palm branch in the Old City…”Â
Shiva Handwashing for Estranged Relations
An important new ritual for this sensitive shiva experience.
A Prelude to the Aleinu – It Is Upon Us
This new text is a collective recitation of the commitments of the Reconstructionist Reparations Resolution.
In An Act of Teshuvah
“I raise my voice
In the song of prayer…”
A Prayer for School Shootings
“May the One who makes peace in the heavens / Bring peace to us, to our children, / To our communities,
And to this broken world.”
A Prayer of Thanks After Your Child’s B’nei Mitzvah When You’re Divorced
Our family, so shattered, so seemingly broken, was given new life today.
Family Portrait
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The painting is for grandparents, miles away, / who long for them…”
L’Dor V’Dor
“How do we know what will outlive us? / We all want to be remembered
our lives to count for something…”
