WORDS THAT BREATHE

We sat around tables— round like the world we wished for, flat like the matzah we broke, layered like the stories we shared. Two seders....

Jazz was my sanctuary that night in Chicago. Michelle and I had slipped into the Jazz Showcase , where saxophonist Bobby Watson , the...

In the beginning— before beginnings had breath— there was tohu vavohu, not just chaos, but collapse. Not just void, but the violence of...

Source of beginnings, Teach us to treasure time: To taste the sweetness of its swift seconds, To seek truth amidst its trials, To trust...

For the Calabasas City Council Reorganization Meeting And the Installation of Peter Kraut as Mayor Eternal One, Makor HaBrachot , Source...

Lech l’cha ! Get moving. Your future is ahead. Become your destiny. Get going. (“Leave us behind,” it seems, Remained unsaid.) Torah...

A Psalm for our cities on fire A flame with the fires of fear With anger burning ‘bout brazen brutality: From a kneed neck Floyd’s breath...

Dear Jewish leader (that’s YOU!): I believe in you. With an abundance of Kavod (honor and respect), I ask:Do you believe in you too? Are...

Holy One of Blessing, Who once blessed our ancestors, Shine for us A light forward, To illumine The unknown ahead. Grant us resilience,...

It’s been weeks since I wrote ‘bout my dad They’ve been the weeks that I’ve just pushed on through Doing work, living life, passing time...