Freedom Freedom. It isn’t once, to walk out under the Milky Way, feeling the rivers of light, the fields of dark— freedom is daily, prose-bound, routine remembering. Putting together, inch by inch the starry worlds. From all the lost collections. Adrienne Rich "For Memory," A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far; W. W. Norton & Company; F First Continue Reading
our freedom is tied up with the freedom of all
A reading from the Social Justice Haggadah by the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Words from Martin Luther King Jr., in his Letter from a Birmingham jail still resound today, as well as the wisdom from the Talmud. "Tonight we are, all of us, from the youngest to the oldest, brothers and sisters in the celebration of that freedom, and our Continue Reading
Passover As A Spiritual Practice
Passover is the "Master Story" of the Jewish people and frankly, for many liberation movements throughout history. The entire journey from slavery to freedom forms the quintessential foundation for the spiritual journey writ large. And it's not "long ago" it's now. Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, the great Hasidic teacher says “The exodus from Egypt occurs Continue Reading
