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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
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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

Yizkor for Someone I Wish I Knew Better

“Why is it that I couldn’t know them more fully?”
  • by Rabbi Amanda Schwartz
grief, yizkor
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Hukat Olam

“It is a cosmic principle … the Eternal Mystery”
  • by Tiferet Welch
family, grief, growth, healing, mikveh, parent, water
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At My Kid’s Gymnastics Class I Read the News from Texas

Poem in response to school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022
  • by Hila Ratzabi
grief, gun violence, guns, Uvalde
A row of lit candles with warm, glowing flames in a dimly lit setting.

Not in This World or in the Next

“We will return to you, / you will return to us.”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
family, grief, memory, siblings
Close-up of green grass blades with a warm, blurred sunlight background.

In This Place

“I want to know this: did God see you / trying as hard as you could / to live?”
  • by Amy Steingart
grief, mourning, yizkor
A person wrapped in a blanket stands overlooking a mountainous landscape with a lake and a cloudy sky.

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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