Shelter For Our Tears

“Help our nighttime wakings / become sites of radical imagination and creativity…”
An Invitation and A Prayer

“Bring to our turn-table faith that we can turn the tide, / where children’s laughter sparkles in the clear blue air…”
It’s A Big Question: What Do I Need?

It’s a big question What are my needs? given that I live In the diaspora. What needs should I have? What needs do I have The right to […]
In this Grove

“In this grove that awakens in me forgotten tears of grief…”
One Week Later: A Poem on the Eve of War

“for Shalom is wholeness / for Salaam is whispered promise…”
Prayer for Israel

“Master of Compassion, help us hold the humanity and the heartache of the Jewish people while also holding the humanity and the dignity of the Palestinian people.”
Remember Us: A Prayer for Justice & Peace

“a world in which the children of Sarah, / and the children of Hagar will finally live in peace.”
What Shall We Name this Newborn War?

“What stories will we tell this infant / war, what songs sing to it?”
Prayer in this Time of War in Israel and Palestine

“May love flow from our broken hearts, and may their yearning return us to our humanity.”
Mirrors

“We reach to touch souls
as luminous as mirrors / so we might reflect light back to each other.”