Ki Mi’Tzion
This is a meditation to be said before removing the Torah from the ark. It appears in This Joyous Soul: A New Voice for Ancient Yearnings from CCAR Press.…
Read articlePrayers for Jerusalem
On Friday night in my synagogue here in Jerusalem, we expressed our love for this city by singing Lecha Dodi to the tune of Yerushalayim Shel Zahav, Jerusalem…
Read articleShabbat Settles on Jerusalem
Here’s a short meditation on Shabbat in Jerusalem. I wrote this at a poetry workshop at Limmud UK. Here are links to more of my Shabbat…
Read articleMothers of Jerusalem
This is a new prayer for peace in Jerusalem. I wrote it in a cab and finished it at O’hare Airport moments ago, as I begin…
Read articleJerusalem: A Meditation, Revised
I wrote this two years before becoming a Yerushalmi, a Jerusalem resident. This revision shifts the tone slightly, while maintaining the essential view of Jerusalem as…
Read articleThe Road Out
This is a prayer/poem about leaving Israel, Jerusalem in particular. I wrote it on July 3, 2011, on the drive from Jerusalem to Ben-Gurion Airport and was able…
Read articleFor Jerusalem
Please pray for the City of Peace. To listen while you read, click on the triangle in the bar below (website only). The text follows. Jerusalem: A Meditation Jerusalem,…
Read articleJerusalem: A Meditation
This is a meditation on the beauty and heartbreak of the City of Gold. A lovely reflection on the City of Peace, it can be used in private…
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