Psalm of Seeking
“I touch the rough bark of a tree
and it speaks, but only / in leaves and branches…”
Milkweeds
“These seeds will fly without help…”
Lev
“May the Shekhinah
drive you home in her taxi…”
Vashti’s Ghost to Ahasuerus
An original midrash in word and art from Vashti’s perspective.
Burdens and Blessings
“Being Jewish / shapes and shades my poetry / forms and reforms my soul…”
The Woman in the Mirror
A midrash shared from the perspective of Elisheba.
Spring
“even the / darkest, coldest winter
still gives way to spring…”
The First Time
“No words can describe it. / The first time I held her on my chest…”
The Mishkan Reassembled
“We will collect ourselves; / We will gather in; / We will reassemble…”
Mourner’s Kaddish/So Often Now
Elliott batTzedek shares an original interpretation of the Kaddish.
