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For the Return of Peace
As an Israeli-American, I hold sorrow and fear for both my nations, and all the earth. This is a prayer for G-d to restore peace and justice to our world. The photo, which I took from Israel last fall, is a peaceful sunset over Gaza.
Shavuot Evening Blessings: Kiddush - Blessing over the Wine, Weekday Version
Blessing over the wine for the festival of Shavuot, Sunday through Thursday.
For George Floyd’s Family
After a moment of joy and relief at the guilty verdicts in the murder of George Floyd, my overwhelming emotion is sorrow in my heart for a daughter without her father and a brother without his brother. This is a prayer for justice and healing. My anger and indignation were already expressed in “Strangled by Police: Psalm of Protest 17” which is added here to create a two-prayer liturgy. Both pieces refer to Amos 5:24, envisioning a time when justice will flow as water.
Mi Shebeirach (Prayer for Healing) for All Immigrants and the Descendants of Immigrants
The following is a mi shebeirach for a person who immigrated to the United States, to be used on Rosh HaShanah.
Prayers for Times of World Conflict
As we learned in the days and weeks following September 11, during times of crisis people turn to their houses of worship, expecting to find comfort and solace and seeking a means to express their fears and concerns, hopes and prayers.
A Prayer for Peace
This prayer was written upon reflection of the one-year anniversary of January 15, 2022, when Rabbi Charlie and three congregants were held hostage by a gunman in the sanctuary of Congregation Beth Elohim in Colleyville, TX.
A Prayer for the New Year
I have been questioned
About my faith,
About my beliefs,
And about the audacity of my optimism
Which hangs on precariously,
Like the last leaf of autumn.
Kaddish for Black Lives
In remembrance of the countless Black Americans we have lost to racist violence, we are again asking our friends and allies in the Jewish community—Jews of Color and White Jews, Sephardic and Mizrachi and Ashkenasi, religious and secular, at home, in shul, or on Zoom—to recite a Kaddish for Black Lives during this Shabbat.
A Blessing for Entering the New Year (And for Journeying Onward Any Time, Anywhere)
On the next part of your journey,
Into a new year
Or a new career
As you make a new friend
Or to your heart you do tend
We wish you... B'hatzlacha (good luck)!