Verses of Psalm 36, 8-11, appear in many prayer books in association with blessing and putting on the tallit. Here is a melody for verse 10.
Psalm 121 speaks to a moment like ours, with Tisha B’av behind us, but so many disasters and reasons to mourn around us.
Alas! How lonely sits the city Once great with joyful people! New horrors fill horizons now while old pain never left Each new loss diminishes the streets themselves bereft Bitterly we weep all night cheeks wet with tears unseen If we are to join together, we must widen this choir of woe When some cries […]
Some resources about reparations, from Jewish and non-Jewish or more general sources.
“Until That Day: What Are We?” A first draft (4/17/21) of a poem in response to one associated with Israeli Memorial Day.
Eicha for my city and others, 5781
If one is unprotected: a prayer for DC and beyond
Climbing Toward Repair 5781
The Scouting Challenge: Facing Race
Jews: Ditch “stay safe and healthy”
The Day Clears Away: Daf Yomi #1
Fugitive Slave Act and Deuteronomy
Three Prophets, Three Crises, Three Cries
How Does the Faithful City Harbor Murderers?!
Is Our Blood Redder? Synagogue Security and Police Alliance
Some Say 400 Cubits: Slow Dancing with Talmud
Lament for Mismatched Glassware
