Read: In Thanks for U.S. Democracy
August 8, 2023
Amid new evidence that the United States came close to losing its democracy after the 2020 election, we revisit Alden Solovy’s ode to democratic institutions and principles.
Amid new evidence that the United States came close to losing its democracy after the 2020 election, we revisit Alden Solovy’s ode to democratic institutions and principles.
Make no mistake; eating disorders can be life–threatening. Brasha Smith’s poem asks a higher power for the strength to sustain sacred life.
Seeking quiet in the ending weeks of August? Rabbi Shelia Weinberg can help. Listen to her encourage you to find your seat and take a couple of easy breaths. Then, listen slowly.
This niggun, chanted by Koach Baruch Frazier, invokes compassion, kindness and love.
Rabbi Maurice Harris asks the One who blessed our ancestors and Israel’s founders to give them the strength to “save the State of Israel’s democracy, because we have learned that democracy is sacred.”
Suzanne Sabransky’s poem invokes the fast of Tisha B’Av to remind us of the blessings so many of us take for granted and to focus on how many people suffer from hunger.
Rabbi David Jaffe adapts Judaism’s teachings on applied ethics to offer resilience and inspiration to all those working for social change.
With poor air quality continuing to be a concern throughout much of North America, Trisha Arlin prays for the health of all.
This poem by Rabbi Janet Madden seeks coherence and calm amiss “the day’s tsunami of ‘To Do’s.”
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