Jewish Relationships Initiative

Category: Prayer

  • Shabbat Shalom

    Welcoming the Shabbat Bride with a Latin rhythm, a wonderful duet from Cantor Harold of Beth Am Israel.

    As we prepare for Shabbat, we hold in our prayers those lost last night during the celebration of Lag B’Omer, and their families.

  • Shabbat Shalom

    Haskiveinu is often thought of like a lullaby, cradling us in the love of the Almighty as we enter the night and its sleep.

    May this Shabbat be one of rest and peace.  Shabbat Shalom.

     

     

     

  • Shabbat Shalom

    Shabbat Shalom

    We greet Shabbat with the poetry of Shlomo Alkabez’s Lecha Dodi.  Moshav shares their wonderful rendition making you want to rise up, dance and clap.

    Shabbat Shalom!

     

     

  • Shabbat Shalom

    We welcome a special Shabbat this evening coming during Pesach.  As a holiday that celebrates our redemption and liberation, I share this wonderful rendition of We Shall Overcome sung in English, Hebrew, and Arabic by Diane Kaplan and Meera Eilabouni.

    Shabbat Shalom

  • Jewish End Of Life Care In A Virtual Age: Our Traditions Reimagined

    Excited to share that our new book is now available on Kindle and in paperback!

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  • Shabbat Shalom

    I share the wonderful rendition of Amazing Grace performed by Garth Brooks at the Inauguration.

    This beautiful song is for all of us.  There was a time when Jews avoided this piece because of historic frictions.   But if we are brave enough, we can embrace the power, beauty, and majesty of the music as we march forward with all our brothers and sisters in love.

    Shabbat Shalom

  • Our Country, May it Be

    Inspiration and ideals in familiar music, as befitting the inauguration of our 46th president.  A prayer in a song for our country

  • Shabbat Shalom

    Shabbat Shalom

  • Between the Holy and Profane

    I live between the Holy and Profane

    a moving song that describes the space we find ourselves  A song that helps us understand the need for the sacred protective space that is Shabbat.

    Shabbat Shalom.

    (The English lyrics are below the song.  )

    Between the Sacred and the Profane

    I live between the sacred and the profane
    With the truth that rages within me
    With a thousand habits
    With every scar on my face
    I go out again to scatter the words
    Between reality and madness, it’s all coming back to me
    The place from whence I came has no peace in it
    And this journey is heavy and a little too much for me
    I need to grow out of it and that’s it
    To grow out of it and that’s it
    I live between the sacred and the profane
    Between the truth that rages within me
    With a thousand habits
    With all the fear upon my shoulders
    I go out again to scatter the words
    Between reality and madness, it’s all coming back to me
    The place from whence I came has no peace in it
    And this journey is heavy and a little too much for me
    I need to grow out of it and that’s it, to grow out of it and that’s it
    Please, keep me safe
    So that my feet shall not fail
    Between reality and madness, it’s all coming back to me
    Even the place from whence I came has no peace in it
    And this journey is heavy and a little too much for me
    I need to grow out of it and that’s it
    To grow out of it and that’s it
    I live between the sacred and the profane

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  • Freedom- Shabbat Shalom

    Playing for Change reaches across the globe to share a vision to lead us into Shabbat.

    Shabbat Shalom