We met today, one week out from the Inauguration, to pray within our community. We are, all of us, on edge, as parts of our world are burning and the incoming administration is threatening to make life much, much worse. After 18 years as a havurah we have experience with difficult moments, so, as always, we welcome grief and fear alongside joy, hope, and yearning.
For today’s Torah Study, we shared excerpts and lessons from Kelly Haye’s “Wading into 2025: How to Begin,” to start a conversation about how we can best organize for justice in this new world. We’ll be sharing more thinking from experienced activists every month now. One usual list in that article are Mariame Kaba’s suggestions for Concrete Steps to Take now.
Look at this great art in stickers/cards/posters – two of our images today were borrowed from SpaceInk shop, a woman-owned design business in Lancaster, PA.
Music from our service today – as Otter has been down with a bad cold/sore throat, more of our music than usual was recorded today.
Batya Levine, “Rachamana,” a Chabad song recorded for the New Synagogue Project
Alexandra “Ahlay” Blakely, “You do not carry this on your own”
Shefa Gold’s chant “Nachamu Ami,” recorded at Let My People Sing
Cedar Ranney/Kohenet Riv Shapiro’s “Ozi”
