Holding Complexity in Your Broken Heart and Finding Healing

Written upon returning from a journey of listening in Israel in mid-November 2023 There is a shattered feeling that is pervasive in Israel and Gaza. The shards of Israel’s southern communities have left people devastated and scattered across the country. Peace activists who worked in the thousands as volunteers became victims of unfathomable violence and trauma. They were once part of the Road to Recovery (a non-governmental organization through which…

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Daily Blog From My Journey to Israel

Thursday, November 16, 2023 Why am I traveling to Israel? The watchword of the Jewish faith starts “Shema Yisrael” which means listen Israel, hear Israel, understand Israel. I am traveling…

You turn my mourning into dancing

You turn my mourning into dancing… so that my heart might sing to you and not be silent. (Psalm 30: 12-13) Our global cups are overflowing with grief – Israeli…

Kristallnacht – far longer than a night

This was shared at the 85th Commemoration of Kristallnacht at Queens University of Charlotte. Kristallnacht – some call it the night of broken glass but it wasn’t just a night. …

Shloshim – Thirty Days

Od lo avdah tikvateinu – Our hope is not lost. The first thirty days of grief has passed yet tragically still we grieve and still we weep. The cloud of…