Hanukkah 1 – 5776
December 7, 2015
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Text by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen Photos by Gabi Mezger dark emotions lurk in our hearts heaviness weighs down our souls the night stretches on
Text by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen Photos by Gabi Mezger dark emotions lurk in our hearts heaviness weighs down our souls the night stretches on
I offer here the oral testimony I gave today at the Massachusetts State House on Sen. Barrett’s carbon pricing bill, S. 1747, An Act combating climate change before the Joint Committee on
text by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen photos by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen and Gabi Mezger May your new year be filled with peaceful rest… amazing
by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen Days are like scrolls: Write on them what you want to be remembered. –Bahya ibn Pakuda A Torah scroll is a
by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen I have been visiting hospice patients and their families, and at each visit, I speak aloud the fact that Rosh HaShanah is only a few
by Judith Felsen, Ph.D. There is much weeding needed in the fields now overgrown by chemical abuse and steadily polluted with our toxic waste. Will we still meet amidst
by A. D. Gordon translated by Katy Z. Allen I feel that life, it is narrow like Sheol, and my soul is within it as within a press, crushed,
by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen Ephemeral… always moving… constantly changing… untouchable.. beautiful… and also impactful… productive… important… connected… …like life. Earth Etudes for Elul are a
by Moshe Givental I have had the privilege of spending a lot of time outside this summer at the sacred grounds of Pickard’s Mountain Eco Institute. In my deep yearning to
by Carol C. Reiman May I be as steady as the oak, ocean, owl’s gaze; Flexing as the bird’s wing, cattail in the breeze, stream around the stone;
by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen photos by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen and Gabi Mezger Water breaking Water vast Water quiet Water reflective Water pounding Water connecting Water powerful Water contemplative
By Susie Davidson This article was first published in the August 27 issue of the Jewish Journal of the North Shore. On June 18, Pope Francis released his long-awaited, climate-centered encyclical,
by Janna Diamond I invite you to sit up tall. Relax your shoulders. Soften the muscles in your face. Inhale and exhale. Tune in to where you are. Did you
by Judith Felsen, Ph.D. When You gave us wind we hid from it when You offered us rain we wasted it when You made us earth we contaminated it
by Rabbi Lawrence Troster During the month of Elul it’s traditional to do a heshbon ha-nefesh a spiritual accounting of what we did in the past year so that we can do teshuva or
by Rabbi Dorit Edut Frozen for months, life had chilled out for too long last winter. We began to wonder if a new Ice Age was coming more swiftly than
by David Krantz Tekiah! In Elul, we hear the call for the quintessential sound of the shofar every morning. It’s meant as a daily wake-up call to action. Appropriately, the
by Rabbi Natan Margalit, PhD “The Pool is closed. Have a good night. God Bless America” the lifeguard announced as I climbed out of the public pool at 5:00 pm on
by Rabbi Shoshana Meira-Friedman When I was a teenager, my grandfather would set aside mailings from the Sierra Club to give to me when I visited. He knew I cared
