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Sukkot in a Time Of Pandemic: A Poem

Lee McPhillips Radlo
This year, even if you do not have a sukkah to visit, you can still experience the kavanah (intention) and the ruach (spirit) of Sukkot.

Shards of Glass: A Poem for the New Year

Michelle Shapiro Abraham, MAJE, RJE
Remind my tired soul, I beg You / My kitchen is far too clean and the china is still in the basement / Remind me how to stop the mourning / for tables that don’t need extensions / quiet synagogues with no children to be shushed...

With Wounds Still Open, We Ask: Where is God?

Rabbi Sandra Cohen
I do not believe that God sent us COVID-19, and I do not believe God will cure it. That is for humans to do, using our God-given intellect and ambition to develop the vaccines and treatments that will help stop the spread of this natural virus.