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Don’t Name What You’re Painting

  • by Cathleen Cohen
Israel, peace, spring, war
a water color of hydrangeas and fruit

Four Rituals for Passover in a Time of War

Adva Chattler adapts four Passover rituals to mark the holiday during this time of war.
  • by Adva Chattler
Israel, passover, peace, seder, war
a collage of passover symbols with a yellow ribbon in the center

I Want

“I want to be carried into a deep, deep salty sea of sound, rhythm, in tune with oceanic harmonies…”
  • by Rabbi Tsurah August
Gaza, Israel, peace, social justice, Ukraine, war
a collage of multicultual faces

Star Cousins

“Peace for my Muslim cousins / Is peace for my Jewish siblings…”
  • by Jennifer Rudick Zunikoff
Abraham, peace, Ramadan
the desert in Israel

18 Shabbat Blessings for Peace in Israel and in Palestine

A new Shabbat practice created to share light with all of whom are suffering unjustly.
  • by Hila Ratzabi
candle lighting, Gaza, Israel, peace, war
two shabbat candles are lit as someone's hands wave in the light of Shabbat

Once We Were Slaves In Egypt

“There is a time to make war, / there is a time to make peace. / In each soul both sing.” Listen to the tune hardest to hear.
  • by Art Spar
peace, war
a peace sign painted on a stone

Mourners’ Kaddish In A Time of War and Violence

  • by Rabbi Arthur Waskow
kaddish, peace, war
a person sits on a rock in the desert

Billboard Blues

“And I wish I had special wipers / that could wipe away the tears, the pain, the anger…”
  • by Darcy Grabenstein
captives, Israel, peace
a car driving at dusk

A Blessing for Dreamers (2024)

“Keep faith / with the brightness / of all things good…”
  • by Evonne Marzouk
dreams, faith, Israel, peace
a person stands looking into the light

Facing the Antisemitism Inside of Me

“I pray to a God of peace / a God that doesn’t love us differently…”
  • by Nick Pipitone
antisemitism, God, peace
A man walks alone at the sea

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Presence and Absence: Images of the Divine in Kabbalah

In this study of the Zohar, Rabbi Margie Jacobs will guide you in exploring the Shekhinah, the feminine, immanent, indwelling Sacred Presence, through the use of art materials and reflective writing. Four sessions starting May 7, 2024. 

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