Alone
“We are with each other.
We are not alone. / We will do what we have always done.”
My Own Thinking Heart
“I am left with only my own thinking heart / in this nightmare humanity has dreamt / for itself.”
Heartbreak
“Seeking an impossible calm, we bed / down our gardens for the winter, / wishing we too could sleep soundly.”
Give Yourself Up Not
This powerful poem was written during the Yom KippurThe holiest day of the Jewish year and the culmination of a season of self-reflection. Jews fast, abstain from other worldly pleasures, and gather in prayers that last throughout the day. Following Ne'ilah, the final prayers, during which Jews envision the Gates of Repentance closing, the shofar is sounded in one long blast to conclude the holy day. It is customary to begin building one's sukkah as soon as the day ends. war in 1973.
A Prayer for Healing Relationships Within the Jewish Community
“When I raise my voice in anger, help me see the Divine Spark in my opponent.”
A New Song of Hope – For a Community Gathered in Solidarity
“Today, I call for hope. / Tomorrow, I call for peace. / Forever, I call for justice”
An Unetaneh Tokef* for Today
The poet frames the loss of life in IsraelLit. ''the one who struggles with God.'' Israel means many things. It is first used with reference to Jacob, whose name is changed to Israel (Genesis 32:29), the one who struggles with God. Jacob's children, the Jewish people, become B'nai Israel, the children of Israel. The name also refers to the land of Israel and the State of Israel. and in Gaze with this powerful liturgy
May God Remember Us: An Interfaith Prayer for Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023
God, who answered our genderqueer ancestor Jacob when they wrestled with the Angel– May God answer us God, who answered our genderqueer ancestor JosephJacob’s eldest son by his beloved […]
A Thousandfold
a beloved friend tells me there are two times in a Jew’s life ShabbatShabbat is the Sabbath day, the Day of Rest, and is observed from Friday night through Saturday […]
An Artist’s Prayer on a Particularly Existential Rosh Hashanah
“Sweet, viscous, and dripping off an apple…”
