Mar 29, 2018 | Counting the Omer, Judaism, Nature, Uncategorized
The essence of the intention, in its simplest form, is that we need to know that a human being’s days are counted and numbered, with a number and a count, each and every day. And the person needs to judge and to take stock of him or herself each and every day,...
Mar 14, 2018 | Judaism, Poems, Social Justice, Uncategorized, Workshops
Dear Friends ~ I hope this message finds you waking to the spring that is surely coming, in spite of all humans have done to disrupt our planet. We’re here. Still. And we too are rousing. I am heartened by the students and their allies flooding the streets and...
May 22, 2017 | Counting the Omer, Judaism, Nature, Workshops
Dear Friends ~ I have been writing my way through the Omer again, a new book of letters and poems in the works. Between the added time at my desk (which I love) , two on-going Writing Circles and political work (which I also love), life is full. I trust yours is as...
Apr 3, 2017 | Counting the Omer, Judaism, Publications, Uncategorized
Beloveds ~ I am excited to tell you the Omer count begins next week! On the evening of April 11, second night of Passover some of us will begin a daily practice that will take us through the spring into the early days of summer. What is the Omer? Simply put, counting...
Mar 3, 2017 | Judaism, Performances, Poems, Publications, Social Justice, Uncategorized, Workshops
We are in this together. That is the only truth the White House is trying to teach us, precisely with its myriad lies. If we focus on different issues, it is because the issues are different the way the pieces in a jigsaw puzzle are different. They fit together...
Jan 25, 2017 | Judaism, Poems, Social Justice
Beloveds~ Last Saturday, on the day Donald Trump became president of the United States, Jews were reading the Torah portion (Exodus 1:1-6:1) in which the tongue-tied shepherd Moshe receives instructions–and a promise–from the burning bush. ...
