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Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? Titled, “Our Contemners ,” this prayer from Rabbi Abraham Cronbach is the second in his collection of prayer, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on pages 8 through 11. . . . Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry A prayer “in spring” that uses the metaphor of mining for seeking out the goodness in one’s fellow. . . . Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry תפילה לארצות הברית לאחר הטבח בפּיטסבּורג | Prayer for the United States after the Pittsburgh Massacre, by Rabbi Stephen Belsky (2018)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. . . . Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry, Mass Shootings & Gun Violence, Terror, United States of America Tags: prayers for municipalities, mass murder inside a synagogue, 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers after acts of terrible violence Contributor(s): Stephen Belsky A prayer written in response to the massacre of Muslim worshipers during Friday prayers in Christchurch, New Zealand. . . . Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., prayers for municipalities, Christchurch mosque shootings Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor אוֹי לַלֵב שֶׁאֵינָה שְׁבוּרָה | Woe to the Heart that is not Broken, a ḳinah by Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen (2019)A ḳinnah composed in response to the agonizing and cruel United States immigration policy implemented under the presidency of Donald Trump. . . . Tags: Immigration policy of Donald Trump, אוי oy, קינות Ḳinōt, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., welcome the immigrant, United States Immigration Policy Contributor(s): Aryeh Cohen אֵלֶּה אֶזְכְּרָה, נוּסַח פִּיטְסְבּוּרְג | Eileh Ezkarah for Pittsburgh, by Rabbi Jonathan Perlman with Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum & Rabbi Martin Cohen (2019)A ḳinah for the martyrs of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Boston in 2018. . . . Gratitude Prayer, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor on the first anniversary of the Pittsburgh Tree of Life massacre (2019)A prayer on the first anniversary of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh. . . . Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Gratitude Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor A prayer in solidarity with the Greater Iowa City Church of the Nazarene, whose building was the target of hateful vandalism. . . . Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry Tags: standing together, Iowa City, Iowa, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, solidarity, anti-fascist Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor 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 . . . Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Black Lives Matter, George Floyd protests, anti-fascist actions, Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer I can’t breathe, We can’t breathe, Earth can’t breathe, a prayer-poem by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (the Shalom Center 2020)A prayer-poem by Rabbi Arthur Waskow reflecting on our difficulty breathing, as a society, as humanity, and as a interconnected, interbreathing biosphere. . . . A prayer-poem by Rabbi Arthur Waskow in 2021 reflecting on our difficulty breathing, as a society, as humanity, and as a interconnected, interbreathing biosphere. . . . Tags: 2020 coronavirus pandemic, אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah, September 2020 Western United States wildfires, 2020 United States racial reckoning, 21st century C.E., State v. Chauvin, 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical nishmat kol ḥai, paraliturgical elohai neshamah
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