The Birds Stopped Singing
For Earth Day, 2023, while listening to the birds sing, while watching them fly. The Birds Stopped Singing The day the birds stopped singing And we…
Read articleBees
An observation, wrapped in a yearning. A prayer. A poem of bees and guns. See also: “Against Gun Violence” and “After a Deadly Rampage” Bees The…
Read articleFor Surfside: Signs of Life and Death
This is a tough one to write, and perhaps read, but necessary. We in Israel know all-too-well that having confirmation of a death — and some…
Read articleOne-by-One: A Prayer as the COVID Death Toll Mounts
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is approaching 100,000, as the world-wide death toll surpasses 350,000. This prayer was written at the request of the Central…
Read articleRecipe for a Life, Redux
I made sweet and sour meatballs today for the first time. And chicken soup. The kitchen smells lovely, like our family Seders of long ago. Underneath,…
Read articleHealing from Coronavirus: Hebrew and English
Here’s a Hebrew version of my prayer “Healing from Coronavirus,” with a revised English version so that the two match. Alex Griffel, a student at the…
Read articleThe Blessing of Faces: A Zoom Prayer
This prayer is inspired by the array of faces of men I love on a Zoom call. It is, in fact, a poetic version of the…
Read articleSheltering in Place
In this strange and uncertain new era of COVID-19, here’s a prayer of gratitude and hope for our time sheltering in place. May we all know…
Read articleOn the Front Lines of the Pandemic
A prayer for those on the front lines of the pandemic. It begins with the medical professionals putting themselves in harm’s way. The second stanza broadens…
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