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. ...
Jan 9, 2017 | Judaism, Social Justice, Uncategorized, Workshops
Dear Friends ~ “The antidote to losing love is loving more,” I wrote in a recent post on my personal facebook page. This is as good a place as any to begin. And beginning is what we must do again and again, and then again, again. I speak these words to bring in a new...
Dec 20, 2016 | Judaism, Poems, Social Justice, Uncategorized
Beloveds~ This past Monday the Electoral College confirmed the Presidency of the most awful candidate the United States has ever known—a fascistic, racist, sexist, narcisisstic charlatan. We are called to step up into a strong and effective resistance. We will each...
Dec 5, 2016 | Judaism, Nature, Poems, Social Justice
Dear Friends ~ I had thought to be silent in these pages for at least a week after my last post, but yesterday’s victory at Standing Rock—whatever comes next—calls for a song: My Victory (Meditation on Psalm 18, David’s Victory Song) My victory is your victory,...
Dec 1, 2016 | Judaism, Poems, Social Justice, Workshops
Beloveds~ As we move into the fourth week of President-Elect Donald Trump, I come to you again with a few thoughts and a poem that wants to be shared. Perhaps, like me, you have struggled to find your footing as the news of each day tumbles in. Perhaps, as you...
Nov 16, 2016 | Judaism, Nature, Poems, Social Justice
Dear Friends ~ The first week has passed: seven days of living in the shadow of this new reality: President-Elect Donald Trump. For many of us this has been a week of mourning, a kind of Shiva. I have done my share of weeping. And raging, even as I followed my...
