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As I bend / hanging laundry on the drying rack / my back twinges    but just a little
a construction scene in which a person wearing baggy jeans covered in paint and dust is hunched over a bowl, which is next to a bucket, a barrel, and a sack.

“Be careful that you do not mistake human beings for the state”

Bright yellow wildflowers in a sunlit desert landscape with a mountain in the background.

“Repair the rent garments of our souls”

Close-up of a waving American flag against a blue sky.

“Let us transcend ourselves and be the arms / of Shekhinah

silhouette of the Statue of Liberty against a sunset

Prayer for our country

Aerial view of a vast harvested field with scattered hay bales, bordered by distant mountains under a clear sky.

Originally written for Human Rights Shabbat, this prayer seeks to capture the hope that the social justice teachings of Torah, and the ethical impulses they inspire, will be mirrored in the actions of our governments on all levels.

a hand holds a sparkler in the darkness

Marking the transition to becoming a U.S. citizen with words, song, and festive food

Close-up of a U.S. flag featuring stars on a blue field and red and white stripes.

The stirring ode to the “New World” inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty

silhouette of the Statue of Liberty against a sunset

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