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“One of Me” and Genesis 2

“One of Me” and Genesis 2

Can we serve as ezer k’negdo [help-meet] for one another? Might Elton John and Lil Nas X be an example of this?

Singing and Praying about Enemies

Singing and Praying about Enemies

Musical context is shifting my perspective on “enemies” and “wicked ones” in the psalms.

Miriam, Amalek, Memory, and Mouths

Miriam, Amalek, Memory, and Mouths

How much do we lose, and what do we gain, when we forget to remember why we chose to remember or forget? What must remembered with our mouths and with our hearts?

Remedy of the Bima?

Remedy of the Bima?

What is our responsibility, individually and collectively, for what is taught — or not — in our synagogues about reparations?

Or Olam: the light ahead and within

Or Olam: the light ahead and within

Seeking pieces of liturgy and other resources for uplift, as we try to move from the depths of Av to the new year, “Eternal Light”….

Faith & Guns

Guns & Faith Communities, part 1: St. Sabina, Father Michael Pfleger, & Chi-Raq the Movie

Homicides in DC: Say This Name

Prayers and posts on gun violence and related topics

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