Prayer 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 articleTaharot in Pittsburgh
As the Jewish world mourns the murders at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, a group of private individuals are preparing themselves to perform taharot. Taharah…
Read articleAux Juifs de France, Modifié
This is a prayer for the Jews of France after the terror attack on a kosher market in Paris. The prayer appears first in French followed by…
Read articleBring Back Our Boys: A Prayer
As the search continues for three missing Israeli teens, fear turns to prayer in Israel and among people of conscience around the world. On Saturday, Israel confirmed that…
Read articleAfter a Deadly Anti-Semitic Attack
This prayer is a response to Saturday’s anti-Semitic terror attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. Again, Israelis and Jews targeted and dead. This is an adaptation of…
Read articleFor the People of Kansas City
A prayer for the people of Kansas City and the Jewish community after yesterday’s deadly violence targeting the Overland Park JCC and Village Shalom assisted living home. Here are…
Read articleYom HaShoah Prayers and Poems
This is a set of six prayers for Yom HaShoah. They can be used as private meditations or in a communal commemoration. Together they serve as a…
Read articleAux Juifs de France: Toulouse, 19 Mars 2012
In memory of the victims of the anti-Semitic violence in Toulouse one year ago, here’s a French translation of my prayer “For the Jews of France,”…
Read articleMunich Massacre Memorial Prayer
Here is a memorial prayer for the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre. The first stanza includes an allusion to the Eleh Ezkera, the liturgical poem…
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