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Loose the Angels of Peace
A poetic prayer for peace from Israeli liturgist Alden Solovy. [Read more…]
Articles by Alden Solovy
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Yom HaShoah, תשפ’ד
Alden Solovy offers a Yom HaShoah prayer-poem for 5784, in the form of a vision, imagining how the souls of murdered in the Holocaust might respond to the souls of the murdered in the Hamas shock assault of October 7, 2023. [Read more…]
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War on Simchat Torah
Alden Solovy offers new prayers for Israel in the wake of the Hamas attack. [Read more…]
Resource Articles
Removing Life Support: A prayer from Alden Solovy
A difficult prayer for a difficult moment. In classic Jewish tradition, this prayer includes a request for forgiveness from the one who is near death by those who made the decision to remove life support. It is brief, by design, so as not to prolong the moment for anyone. [Read more…]
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The Dissenter’s Hope: In Memoriam, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, z”l
Editor’s Note: JSA contributor Alden Solovy prepared this prayer for justice in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week. “…that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today, but [Read more…]
Living Longer-Living Better
Unfinished Business
Rabbi Address’s Note: Alden Solovy, the liturgist, poet and prayer writer who chronicles so much of life, recently forwarded this beautiful meditation. His “Unfinished Business” really struck a chord as it speaks to thoughts that [Read more…]
Living Longer-Living Better
Guest Essay: Taharot in Pittsburgh
Editor’s Note: Alden Solovy writes the “To Bend Light” blog, where this essay originally appeared. He gave Jewish Sacred Aging permission to reprint it here. Solovy was a guest on the Seekers of Meaning Podcast in July. You [Read more…]