After Huwara: A Lament
Dozens of settlers in the West Bank rampaged through the village of Huwara Sunday evening as revenge against the terrorist murders of Hallel and Yagel Yaniv…
Read articleColumbine, Again and Again
In memorium for those who lost their lives at Michigan State University, and to all who were wounded physically or emotionally, I’ve added the school to…
Read articleFor Colleyville, Texas
This is a prayer of healing for the hostages freed from Congregation Beth Israel, Colleyville, Texas, as well as the congregation and the community. In 2015…
Read article20 Years: A Liturgy for 9-11
It’s been 20 years, and this anniversary of 9-11 falls on Shabbat Shuvah. Part of this liturgy was composed for the 10th anniversary of the attacks,…
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 Sri Lanka, On a Day of Blood and Prayer
A prayer on behalf of the people of Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, as the news unfolds. More than 150 people were murdered…
Read articleFor Survivors of School Shootings
This prayer is a response to three recent suicides. In the past week, Jeremy Richman, the father a first-grader killed in the Sandy Hook School shooting,…
Read articleA Dream of Columbine: Psalm of Protest 13
The massacre at Columbine High school took place more than 20 years ago. And still, we have school shooting after school shooting. This Psalm of Protest,…
Read articleFor the Sufis of the Sinai
At least 300 are dead after an attack on a Sufi mosque in the Northern Sinai on Friday, including at least 27 children. More than 125 people were…
Read articleFor Manhattan, New York
After another day of horror, this one in New York City. Here is my “Liturgy after Terror Attacks.” May we never need prayers such as these…
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