These Vows – A Covid Kol Nidre
Finished in the hours before Yom Kippur, 5781… And a year has come and gone… Now, Yom Kippur 5782… These Vows – A Covid Kol Nidre…
Read articleThe Dissenter’s Hope: In Memoriam, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, z”l
“…that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow…” – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, z”l, NPR interview, 2002 This prayer for…
Read articleWildly Unimaginable Blessings: A Prayer for 5781
This new Rosh Hashanah prayer — written this morning — is a response to Covid-19. Since March, since the reality of pandemic and plague struck our…
Read articleUnfinished Business
This is a meditation on the unfinished business in my life. Loving more deeply. Being more present. Showing more gratitude. Living the life that G-d wants…
Read articleThe Broken Sky
Another song of the Spiritual Traveler, hinting that if we look beyond that which appears to be broken we will see that everything is holy. This…
Read articleTwo Ravens
This is the first of what will certainly be several new pieces inspired by my renewed learning at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. The idea…
Read articleThis Joyous Soul
Here’s the title piece from my new book This Joyous Soul: A New Voice for Ancient Yearnings from CCAR Press. The book is a companion volume to This Grateful Heart:…
Read articleGuest Writers: Avi Dell and Ze’eva Berman
This is a mash-up of two prayers written in my “Introduction to Creative Liturgy” class at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem. Ze’eva Berman (cantorial) and Avi Dell (rabbinical) are first-year…
Read articleGuest Writers: 7th Graders at Temple Beth Jacob
Inspired by my Six-Word Prayer Facebook community, Rabbi Robin Nafshi, Temple Beth Jacob in Concord, NH, asked the 7th graders to sum up three Jewish prayers…
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