The Orange – A Passover Reading
The Orange* make no mistake: through and through I am what I am my outer skin reflects the sweetness I hold inside my waxy coat a cover to guard against […]
Still We Rise-Together: A Havdalah Prayer
“Our hands open / to receive common bread— / sustaining, nourishing— / as together we walk
into widening light.”
Heschel King
An invocation on the Yahrzeit of Heschel and birthday of King.
A Maariv Aravim for the Purim Season
“May we have the courage
To take a twilight moment / As a chance to try on a different mask.”
A Blessing on Donating a Kidney
“Grant, I pray, that my loved one will soon be matched with a donor and thus receive the healing gift of a new kidney.”
Gd’s Womb
“When she dies, / Who will I be on the other side?”
Be Kind. A Poem for Tisha B’Av
“Global killing and destruction break your heart? / Be kind.”
Prayer for Science
“May our knowledge be tempered by mercy, our technology guided by ethics, and our discoveries used to build a world where curiosity is a form of worship…”
Nana
“Born 1898 / Nana slept in the second, narrow bed in my room.”
Ahavat Olam
“Your Torah is like a wedding band
Binding us together…”
