Blood Moon
byThere was in its eyes a glow the pale shimmer of curling mist at the edges of the sea an irradiated grimace not quite…
Culture
Parshat Beshalaḥ
byAt various historic points, a ‘low soul’ has prevented the children of Israel from successfully advancing our national aspirations and collective mission.
Ayekah
byI keep asking myself a question or something like myself a question the being that exists in the tension between what I feel should…
Parshat Bo
byThe more we define ourselves as the actors rather than as the characters we play, the more our characters can actually succeed at fulfilling their unique roles in the story HaShem placed us in.
Eldad
byThere are few who live Nevua who blaze forward, their moonlit steps knitting and re-knitting the stars in their orbits who tread through darkness…
Fault-Line
byLarge, coarse hands, with nails near-black palms etched with the moving of stones and the building of houses strength melds into gentle attention at…
Parshat Va’eira
byIt is through the story of Israel, as it unfolds throughout time, that humanity sees history as possessing Divine meaning and purpose.
Patchwork Babel
byI’ve seen your face and wandering body spread across the vacant sky I’ve lost so many wills to live wondering how I passed you…
Parshat Sh’mot
byWhen slavery runs deep into the psychology of a person, it becomes difficult to express the crucial courage and self-sacrifice necessary to break the chains of mental bondage.
Solstice
byThe sunset is sheer a gentle nectarine blur across a fading opaque blue catching every wonder chased away by the constant drumming of blood…
Parshat Vayeḥi
byOnly as a “kingdom of priests and holy nation” that reveals HaShem’s Oneness over all spheres of life can Israel fully express His Ideal and lead mankind to experience a world of total blessing.
Mourning Days of Tevet
byThe fact that Jews still fast on this day thousands of years later speaks volumes about the length, depth & power of Israel’s collective memory.