Yavapai Dances
Among our time travelers is a sibling group (Zach, age 10, and twins, Helena and Yelena, age 9) who are one quarter Jewish and one quarter Native American, from the…
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Browsing Category: Prayer & Song
How to Speak Like a Baptist
Two of my point of view characters are siblings Phoebe and Malcolm. Their dad, Irving, has (non-practicing) Jewish parents. Their mom, Pam, is Baptist. Pam is black and grew up…
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Song of the Sea
The Children of Israel have all safely crossed the Red Sea. The Egyptian army is close behind. Before any of the soldiers can reach the shore, the sea closes and…
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Sing! Sing a Song
I am looking for songs or sung prayers that might have existed in the pre-Exodus period. To be used by my characters in the weeks before and after leaving Egypt….
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I Call to You: Jonah’s Prayer
In my search for prayers and songs original to Tanakh, but earlier than The Song of the Sea, my Rabbi suggested I look at Jonah’s prayer from the belly of…
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God Language
In Judaism, God has many names. Some are quite ancient, others not so much. And many stem from the fact that we are not allowed to say God’s true name…
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Rachamana D’Aney
During the High Holy Days season, my synagogue—and many synagogues around the world—sing Rachamana D’Aney, a heart-wrenching plea to the Almighty. Rachamana d’aneyD’aney la’aniyeyAneyna!O Merciful One, who answers those in…
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