Topic Tags: antisemitism

“In the synagogue / hung a ner tamid the eternal flame / it too went up in flames”

This kavanah was written in the wake of multiple acts of mass violence that have made our Hanukkah celebration feel dissonant and fragile.

“Infinite Source of All, / As darkness threatens, / Enable me to join/ The Light of Redemption…”

“When I think of my mother / I still smell her butter cakes…”

“It could have been anyone standing there…”

“May we remember that we have not come onto this earth to foment hate, anger, and division…”

“The wilderness ahead blurs into an unknowable future…”

“I see reflected in the light the faces of my family. / I see hope.”

“Each night is a small miracle unto itself…”

“I am the Jew / I am a shofar  Calling to the world.”