When the fight against antisemitism is used to harm immigrants, rabbis and cantors can be powerful voices to describe what’s at play and advocate for and inspire action towards our shared safety.
A lifetime of Jewish observance has prepared me with the tools for spiritual resilience and meaning-making when it is our community who suffers... What I need are the tools for when the people I love are the ones inflicting suffering.
Recently, I was with a group of students on an early morning nature walk. I tried to create a moment that I was hoping would be a different kind of prayer experience. Rather than read or chant through the prayers, we tried to experience them with the benefit of Mother Nature. It soon became clear...