Philadelphias lead role in helping people in the Death Space

Philly Magazine has an interesting article sharing how we are doing a better job discussing death.

I am honored to be included in the conversation through my work at the Death Cafe of Greater Philadelphia.

Thanks to Ben Seal for this important piece.

Check out the link below.

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2024/02/17/death-care-workers/?fbclid=IwAR3N4PLlrRNMYaEsut-71eTqtqTwQ72BlSA9cyaAoVmuhJWPtL7z2fl-HKk

Ana BeKoach

Ana b’Koach is an enigmatic prayer said to conceal a mystical formula for spiritual renewal within its plea for divine aid.*

 

*https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ana-bkoach-a-portal-to-creation/

Bring Them Home Now

Bring Them Home

This is the mantra we need to keep repeating in every conversation.  Our people must be brought home as the basis for any negotiation.

Many hostages have perished, all have endured unspeakable suffering, and we presume those still alive continue to be abused.  This is the moral basis for the continued war on Hamas.

Although Hamas does not care about the killing and destruction inflicted on the Palestinian people and crudely, cynically positions the hostages and the Palestinians as bargaining chips in political maneuvering, we care about them and will continue to fight against the forces of barbarism until our people come home.

I pray for peace, and I pray for the end to the pain and suffering.  Bring them home, and then we can take steps toward ending hostilities.

Shabbat Shalom

In our welcome of Shabbat, we share Ana BeKoach, a prayer asking we be released from the spiritual, emotional, and physical things that bind us.  It invokes the power of God’s name through Jewish mysticism.  In this troubling time, may we be freed.

Shir Appeal shares its acapella rendition with us here.

Shabbat Shalom