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Remembering and Reckoning

“Until That Day: What Are We?” A first draft, April 17, 2021 of a poem in response to Yehuda Amichai’s “And Who Will Remember the Rememberers?” (associated with Israel’s Memorial Day, 4th of Iyar) — V. Spatz “Until That Day: What Are We?” Verses for a Day We Don’t Yet Have, have yet to acknowledge […]

If one is unprotected: a prayer for DC and beyond

If one is unprotected: a prayer for DC and beyond

We are never truly safe, if one is unprotected. Amid sources of division, keep us mindful of interconnectedness, collective responsibility and strength.

Psalms for Contemplation

Psalms for Contemplation

Excited to share news of Psalms for Contemplation, selections translated by Max Ticktin (z”l).

Doubled Sacred Space

Doubled Sacred Space

Conflict around sacred visions of public space are unfolding today in the U.S. capital.

Resources for Neighbors Together

Tools for Anti-Racism — PDFs for “Neighbors Together in Faith and Justice” anyone is welcome to these, but they’re meant for this program.

Selected Posts

  • 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
  • Eicha for my city and maybe for yours
  • 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

Rereading & Rethinking Exodus

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Gathering Sources: Weekly Torah Portion

For materials relating to a weekly Torah portion, look for “Gathering Sources” (works for all but a few).

On Modern Poetry

  • Descending Up and a Rambling Prayer

    February 11, 2019
  • 1

    Lake Michigan as Hebrew Landscape

    January 14, 2019
  • 1

    Hebrew Poetry: Idiosyncratic Resources

    January 2, 2019

Journalism, Essays, Etc: Virginia Avniel Spatz

Pandemics and Economics in History #11

Responses to yellow fever outbreaks resulted in innovation and controversy and were influenced by many differences in philosophy.

Pandemics and Economics in History #10

We are writing history, and we need to understand the basic plotline and act accordingly. What we do now could mean the difference between survival and more death for many.

Pandemics and Economics in History #9

“Amateur in Econ-Land: Is the Intersection with Race Near Here?” Previous podcasts in this series have primarily used the kind of third-person voice that gathers material from several sources and reports those in a style suggesting journalistic or academic objectivity. I have confessed in previous episodes that I’m not a historian or economist and that […]

Pandemics and Economics #8

“Open Windows in Winter: Bug or Feature?” Like buildings with radiators located directly underneath windows, real estate landscapes in cities may look haphazard but reflect our historical values.

Pandemics and Economics #7

“Infection’s Legacies Remain.” Parks and prominent architectural styles come to us from pandemic response.

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    October 1, 2014

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    October 31, 2008

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