Trees, Justice, and Faithful Learning

Our traditions refer to trees as rooted-and-reaching symbols, as wise teachers, or as important and respected resources. We have so much to learn from them.  In this post you will find several tree resources.  We’d like to do an additional post around our...

WEBINAR: ReBirthday of the Trees

Our friends at the Shalom Center are offering a webinar on Wednesday, January 9 from 7:00-8:30 PM in preparation for Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees.   This year, Tu B’Shvat falls on Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday.  Webinar...

Return to the home of your soul.

PA IPL’s 2018 Annual Conference was in Pittsburgh, on Saturday, October 27th, across the river from Squirrel Hill.  The terrible news broke just as the first people were arriving.  Most people heard the news at the conference.  We made space for prayers...

Bike 2018: Blessing of the Philly Riders

The Philadelphia-originating riders were blessed with this travelers’ prayer, and sent of with the blast of a shofar! Tefilat Hadereh/Traveler’s Prayer May it be your will, Sheltering One, our God, God of our ancestors, that you lead us on the road in peace, and...