She Will Overcome: Psalm of Protest 19
This is a psalm of protest in support of the confirmation of U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Here’s…
Read articleFor Three Leaders, For the World
A new prayer for Ukraine and the world. The intention of this prayer is flexibility in use. The three middle stanzas can be removed from the…
Read articleA Liturgy for the U.S. Presidential Inauguration, 2021
A three-prayer liturgy for the U.S. Presidential Inauguration. It includes a new prayer for Vice President Kamala Harris conceived with Cantor Evan Kent. Brief descriptions of…
Read articleDomestic Insurrections
In our Declaration of Independence, the Founders describe “the causes which impel them” to separate from the King of England as “a long train of abuses…
Read articleWe Will Not Yield
After violence from white supremacists left death and injury in Charlottesville, here’s a prayer and a call to action for all who love this nation. We Will…
Read articleFor Government
This prayer borrows Hebrew from several prayers from the traditional siddur that are said after the Shabbat Torah reading: yikum purkan, y’hi ratzon and hanotein t’shu’ah.…
Read articleLiturgy for Inauguration Day 2017
In “On Politics and Prayer,” I wrote that the Torah teaches us that even when we oppose a specific politician, we must pray for the wisdom…
Read articleIn Thanks for U.S. Democracy, Revised
Unlike any other nation in history, the United States has a resilient system of electing leaders that consistently yields the peaceful transition of power, a system…
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