The Amidah of The Cosmos
“Go to where you can pray. / Your prayers move before you…”
L’dor V’dor
“One time, we tried to learn a line dance / where we linked arms in order of the generations…”
Court of Justice; Court of G-d
“In this place, this sacred place,
in the Court of Justice, the Court of G-d, / we are all equal, and we are all a blessing.”
Beit Tikvah B’kol
“May the windows of our prayers / move us into the world of vision…”
So They Say
“There is a tree somewhere, so they say. / And that tree has its roots in a culture / that spreads back millennia.”
Billboard Blues
“And I wish I had special wipers / that could wipe away the tears,
the pain, the anger…”
Tipat Torah: The World is Built on Hesed
Too often we fear placing ourselves in another’s shoes because it is hard to feel their pain. Or because it may destabilize our convictions and force us to challenge our own positions. We must fight our own resistance.
A Blessing for Dreamers (2024)
“Keep faith / with the brightness / of all things good…”
Exile
“The community I loved, / in the Diaspora, / my home…”
is being torn apart by this war.
Facing the Antisemitism Inside of Me
“I pray to a God of peace / a God that doesn’t love us differently…”
