Taking the side of Peace.
Read moreA Chant for Peace
In an inability to find just the right prayer or song when our community gathered on Sunday morning, this chant came to me – just the word shalom, and music that I hope can help calm our aching, racing hearts and open us to a moment of breath (and tears).
Read moreDeath of Moshe; the Exhale After
At the end of Torah, Moshe dies, after much struggle and resistance. Torah seems to take a breath, a long exhale, as we roll back the scroll to the beginning. And so in our lives as well, the exhale after the long-anticipated death of anyone we love. The gasp, the exhale.
Read moreIsrael, Anatevka, & the Jewish Soul – Video
In my Yom Kippur sermon last week, I explored the status of Israeli democracy protests, the connection of Israeli Occupation to the current crisis, and what it is in our American Jewish souls – the longing, the fear, and the insecurity – that keeps us silent. Now is the time to find our voice. Here it is in video.
Read moreIsrael, Anatevka, and the Jewish Soul
For Yom Kippur, I explore what it is in our American Jewish soul – the longing, the fear, and the insecurity – that keeps us silent when Israel (and Palestine) are under discussion. Now is the time to find our voice.
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