J. David Cummings’s poem calls for solidarity in grief: “he taught me that the grieving heart / speaks everywhere a single prayer.”
Poetry & Fiction
My Mourner’s Kaddish, Recited with a Minyan of Ancestral Ghosts
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In this poem, Jay Eddy responds to the massacre of Jews at a Pittsburgh Temple: “
Judaism
For the Sins–a contemporary version of atonement on Yom Kippur and all year round–and not just for Jews!
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Rabbi Michael Lerner shares a beautiful, non-denominational prayer in the spirit of healing and transforming our world.
Judaism
Everything I Need to Know About Teshuvah I Learned From the Shofar…
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Lisa Rappaport writes: “The shofar is also a symbol of return. And it has many lessons to teach us…When we study its details, we come to understand that the very nature of teshuvah is built into the structure and sound of the shofar.”
Jewish Wisdom
A Prayer of Boundless Love
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Charles Burack meditates on the importance of expanding shema to include all beings––friend and enemy, self and other, human and non-human.
Other Voices
Mourner’s Kaddish for Gaza Palestinians
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Instead of mourning privately––a betrayal of Jewish values––Andy Ratto encourages us to follow his example and publicly mourn the death of Palestinians in Gaza in a “not only personal, but also a public act of spiritual and political solidarity.”
Other Voices
A Jewish Approach to the Poor People’s Campaign
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Rabbi Debra Kolodny reflects on the yovel, personal righteousness, and how the Poor People’s Campaign is the embodiment of the obligation to act to empower those who have less.
Judaism
2 articles on Lag b’Omer
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Rabbi Mike Moskowitz and Taya Shere share their reflections on Lag B’omer.
Other Voices
The Torah Before The Torah…A Book Review of The Kedumah Experience
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Aubrey L. Glazer reviews Zvi Ish-Shalom’s new book “Kedumah Experience: The Primordial Torah” and find that it “provides spiritual ways towards the truth that can only be found by the individual seeker.”
Other Voices
Redeeming Religion from Slavery
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As the first day of Passover approaches, Rabbi Mike Moskowitz asks us to remember to support those who have been denied equality.
Poetry & Fiction
Coywolf
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Hebrew, Lizavetta claimed, was the holiest and most beautiful language in the world. Alexey trusted her in most things, but he knew for a fact this couldn’t be so, because Lermontov had written his poems in Russian.
Activism
Never Again? Then help the Rohingya!
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Stop the genocide and persecution of the Rohingya and check out these organizations providing relief to see how you can help.
Israel/Palestine
Anti-Semitism, Uprootedness, and Zionism: My Voluntary Political Exile from Israel
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A critical discussion of Zionism in the midst of present and historical anti-Semitism by a widely respected teacher of non-violent communications.
Spirituality
Reb Zalman, Neo-Hasidism, and Inter-Religious Engagement
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How Zalman’s teachings can inform our own spiritual practices across religious traditions.
