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Prayer After the Death of a Difficult Person

“i am the rock that burst open”
  • by Devon Spier
grief, mourning
headstone with hebrew writing and stones on top

Adam v’Mayyim: The Prayer Becomes the Praying

“We are here / To find the cracks / At the edges of possibilities”
  • by Tiferet Welch
creation, grief, hope, yizkor
mountains sunrise fog clouds

Remembrance Brings Forth Life: A Kaddish for Peace

“We can envision this world and beyond as havens of peace”
  • by Marc Jacobs
grief, peace
landscape of pink-tinted mountains with person standing and sky above with one cloud on the right side

Mar Heshvan

“Whatever is being born / In the darkened seed / Of Mar Heshvan / Is welcomed”
  • by Tiferet Welch
grief
autumn forest with path between trees and waning light

Frail Hope

“Will my God turn on the light in this dark room?”
  • by Nick Pipitone
grief, hope
dandelion lying on pavement

The Four Yizkors: Grief and Memory Hold Hands

“Grief and memory hold hands / as, broken-hearted, we find our way through the Jewish year”
  • by Rabbi Jen Gubitz
grief, memory, yizkor
sign in hebrew that reads "yizkor" memorial - black letters on white stone

Let It Burn

“Blessed burning of yahrzeit candle’
  • by Tiferet Welch
grief, suicide, yahrzeit
lit candle, thick and white, next to white petal on wood table against black background

I Pleaded with God

“My mother was at peace, so I could be at peace.”
  • by Betty Shapiro
grief, loss, parent
closeup of elderly woman's hands being held by younger person's hands, both light-skinned

Devarim

“It was on an island of death / That my mother / Visited me.”
  • by Tiferet Welch
family, grief
person with backpack on standing outdoors looking out onto a misty sky with blurry landscape in the distance

The Pin-up Girl and the Torah

“Here is the landscape: / Shekhinah and Malkhut, / Intermingling”
  • by Tiferet Welch
grief, love, Shekhinah
water droplets on glass

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Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis