Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Hermann composed this prayer for the current election season, “so that democracy can work as it should, a holy exchange between the governing and the governed.”
This “Essence” is taken from the Sourcebook for Leaders, written by Rabbi Rachel Gartner and Barbara Berley Melits, for Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing, a program created by Kolot: The Center for Jewish Women’s and Gender Studies to strengthen the Jewish identity and self-esteem of adolescent girls through monthly
Autumn becomes most evident during this month, which is celebrated in Ann Kanter’s sensual poem.
We remember the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh with Shoshana Lovett-Graff’s poem, crying out for our silence to be heard in the sirens, the whistles, the echoes and the sighs.
The Torah portion begins the saga of our ancestors. Amy Steingart’s poem evokes all of those who came before her.
Martin Hasan presents a non-theistic ceremony for marking the end of Shabbat and the return to ordinary week.
Shabbat completed the work of Divine creation. Rabbi James Stone Goodman offers this prayer to complete our own work.
In this poem, Cathleen Cohen reflects on the creation story of Genesis 2 and wonders: “Don’t we all have seeds of paradise within us?”
Psalm 27 is traditionally recited twice daily from the beginning of Elul through Hoshanah Rabbah, the seventh day of Sukkot. The Spontaneous Philadelphia Interfaith Choral Ensemble sings this original song by Matt Redman, arranged by Josh Ehrlich, with Yosef Goldman.
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