
Contributor(s): Stephen Belsky
Shared on כ״ה במרחשון ה׳תשע״ט (2018-11-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories: Government & Country, Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry, Mass Shootings & Gun Violence, Terror
Tags: United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers after acts of terrible violence, United States of America, mass murder inside a synagogue, 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
A prayer composed in the aftermath of the mass murder of the Dor Ḥadash community at the Ets Ḥayyim (Tree of Life) Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh on Shabbat morning 27 October 2018. . . .

Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on כ״ט באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories: Ecotastrophes, Epidemics & Pandemics, Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical nishmat kol ḥai, paraliturgical elohai neshamah, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah, September 2020 Western United States wildfires, 2020 United States racial reckoning
A prayer-poem by Rabbi Arthur Waskow reflecting on our difficulty breathing, as a society, as humanity, and as a interconnected, interbreathing biosphere. . . .
The argument that “statues preserve our heritage” is not one the halakhah tolerates, especially when the statues are celebrating the perpetrators of horrible atrocities. Here’s a service for those interested in fulfilling the Biblical commandment of destroying idolatrous statues. #BLM . . .
A ḳinnah composed in response to the agonizing and cruel United States immigration policy implemented under the presidency of Donald Trump. . . .

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes
Shared on כ״ט בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication
Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry
Tags: 20th century C.E., Community, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Problematic prayers, fellowship, American Jewry of the United States, love your fellow as yourself, Trenton Six
A prayer “in spring” that uses the metaphor of mining for seeking out the goodness in one’s fellow. . . .
A prayer on the first anniversary of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh. . . .

Contributor(s): Jonathan Perlman, Tamar Elad-Appelbaum and Martin Samuel Cohen
Shared on כ״ו באלול ה׳תשע״ט (2019-09-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry, Mass Shootings & Gun Violence, Terror
Tags: קינות Ḳinnot, martyrdom, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers after acts of terrible violence, mass murder inside a synagogue, 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
A kinah for the martyrs of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Boston in 2018. . . .
A prayer in solidarity with the Greater Iowa City Church of the Nazarene, whose building was the target of hateful vandalism. . . .
A prayer written in response to the massacre of Muslim worshipers during Friday prayers in Christchurch, New Zealand. . . .
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