Readings and Prayers
A Prayer for Oklahoma
By Abby Jacobson, Emanuel Synagogue, Oklahoma City, OK
After the Flood: A Prayer from Boulder, Colorado
By Marc Soloway, Congregation Bonai Shalom, Boulder, CO
God of Winds and Waves: A Prayer for the People of Tacloban, Philippines
By Mark Greenspan, Oceanside Jewish Center, Oceanside, NY
A Prayer After Typhoon Haiyan
By Menachem Creditor, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, CA
A Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
In advance of Pope Francis's Peace summit taking place this week, our colleague Burt Visotzky, Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies at JTS and director of JTS's Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue has composed the following prayer:
Words After Charleston, SC
By Rabbi David Kosak
A Prayer for Charleston
By Rabbi Mark Greenspan
"Today" -- A Rosh Hashanah Prayer to End Gun Violence
By Rabbi Menachem Creditor
Wolpe Kavannah for Shabbat of Unity with the People of Israel
By Rabbi David Wolpe, Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, CA
Prayer for the Military
By Arnold Resnicoff
T’filah L’Chayalei Artzot Ha-B’rit/Prayer for America’s Military Personnel
Distributed with permission from the Jewish Welfare Board's Jewish Chaplains Council
By Gerald C. Skolnik
A Communal Prayer in Anticipation of a US Election
By Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive Vice President of the Rabbinical Assembly
Prayer for the Peace of the Citizens of Syria and Aleppo
A Prayer in the Wake of the Boston Marathon Bombing
by Mark Greenspan
We Will Run Again: A Prayer in the Wake of the Boston Marathon Bombing
by Lilly Kaufman
A Prayer in a Time of Famine
From Ruth Messinger, President, AJWS
A Prayer for Toulouse
By Mark Greenspan
God and the Shoah
By Jonathan Wittenberg (excerpted from his book The Eternal Journey)
A Prayer in Response to the Terror Attack in Bulgaria
By Menachem Creditor
A Meditation on the Tragedies of Recent Days
From RA President Gerry Skolnik
A Prayer for the Victims of the Attack at the Sikh Temple
A Prayer in the Aftermath of a Devastating Storm
A Prayer for Israel's Safety
Composed and translated by Simcha Roth and Michael Graetz for the Masorti Movement in Israel.
Readings and Prayers for Thanksgiving
We are pleased to present these resources for Thanksgiving.
A Prayer in Wake of a School Shooting
by Menachem Creditor
In mourning and solidarity with the community of Newtown, Connecticut
Newtown Shooting: A Prayer
by Rick Sherwin
Our thoughts are with the friends and families of those whose lives were taken.
In light of this tragedy, we offer this prayer:
The Tragedy in Newtown: A Prayer of Healing
by Naomi Levy, spiritual leader of Nashuva
Our thoughts are with the friends and families of those whose lives were taken.
In light of this tragedy, we offer this prayer:
A Prayer of Hope After the Boston Marathon Bombing
by Naomi Levy, spiritual leader of Nashuva, author of Hope Will Find You

