Pervasive Peace
In these difficult times, this one line captures my simplest yet deepest prayer for us all. With so much healing needed, our prayers must rattle the…
Read articleO Auschwitz, O Birkenau
Five days in Poland. My first trip. I began writing this meditation on the bus after a day at Auschwitz-Birkenau, but couldn’t complete it. We’d already…
Read articleYou of Blood and Venom: A Prayer of the Jewish People
A prayer against the rise of antisemitism in the U.S. and around the world. This prayer is a declaration that the Jewish people will survive. The…
Read articleJew against Jew, Revised
This is a prayer for Jews to love each other and not to commit acts of violence against one another. It is part lament and part…
Read articlePrayer for the Jews of Germany
A prayer for the Jews of Germany after the Yom Kippur attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany. This prayer incorporates a line added to the…
Read articleFor Whistleblowers and Watchdogs: Psalm of Protest 16
Here’s a new Psalm of Protest celebrating the role of watchdogs and whistleblowers in defending democratic ideals and institutions. See also: “Sing with Liberty: Psalm of…
Read articleTree of Life, Pittsburgh (Hebrew)
This is a Hebrew interpretation of my acrostic, “Tree of Life, Pittsburgh,” a response to the Oct. 27, 2018, shooting. The Hebrew and English versions are…
Read articleSing with Liberty
This prayer/song is based on “New Colossus,” the sonnet by Emma Lazarus appearing on a plaque inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Those familiar…
Read articleTree of Life, Pittsburgh
This acrostic spelling out “Tree of Life Pittsburgh Tree of Life” will be used on Yom Kippur in a new Martyrology created by Rabbi Jeffrey Myers,…
Read articleO Freedom: Psalm of Protest 14
A Psalm of Protest for U.S. Independence Day 2019. It’s the 14th in a series of social protest prayers using the voice of the Psalmist. See…
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