Cover art by Shterna Goldbloom; https://www.shternagoldbloom.com Author/contributor bio: “Zisl” is the nom-de-plume of a writer, educator and organizer living in a major American city.
My feet refused to enter the tiny, crowded sanctuary. I lingered at the threshold, singing along to the broken-hearted, visionary Friday night liturgy. Like called
#TorahForTheResistance is a campaign by young rabbinical and religious students about Jewish resistance to Trump through the lens of faith, Judaism, and spirituality. Read more here. Buried
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We need these protests now more than ever. In preparation for marching on Shabbat, I will be saying this Prayer for Protest.
Here’s an elections prayer to address the anxiety, excitement, fear, and confusion which you might be feeling before you vote or while you are waiting for voting returns.
I would like to try to understand the essence of this day by way of one of Judaism’s oldest, most resilient, most beloved and most reviled prayers: U’Netanah Tokef, the early-Musaf journey into fear and trembling, human powerlessness, and the most desperate plea for Divine mercy.
For the love of God, the 5-foot Minnesotan symbol of American depravity has cut to the essence of the problem of sin: It is loneliness. When I sin against U, I am ruptured & alienated from U; from the suppressed, best, true version of myself; from humanity; & from God, the 1 Who always sees me in my potential goodness, no matter how far and how persistently I stray. This is the deepest loneliness. Dealing with guilt and brokenness is at its core about treating our alienation and restoring solidarity, about reviving the truth that we are 1 with our fellow humans and with our best potential.
I always thought of fertility as holy. I thought everything was holy when I was younger. Then I started trying to have a baby, and everything changed.