The Social Justice Warrior's Guide To The High Holy Days
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This incredible book contains more than 40 prose poems to complement the liturgy of the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
A must for Jews, activists, queers, and anyone who's ever found themselves on the margins of a religion who's looking for a meaningful, irreverent, poetic way in. 72 pages.
A must for Jews, activists, queers, and anyone who's ever found themselves on the margins of a religion who's looking for a meaningful, irreverent, poetic way in. 72 pages.
Reviews for Social Justice Warrior's Guide to the High Holy Days
Alana Speth wrote:
Today is the first Sunday of the season of Advent, our official start to the New Year. Liturgically, advent is (should be) a season of contemplation, of preparation, of remembering why it is we get to start again year after year after year. In practice, of course, our twenty-first-century liturgy is one of frenetic consumerism and competitive joy.
So what a gift, to be reading these meditations on faith and God and self and selves right now, right before our other holy days.
And what a gift, to be reading these meditations on righteousness and soul-fighting and justice-from-injustice and the weariness of it all, right now, right when the world it burning itself down every damn day in all directions you look.
These prose poems say so much in so few words. I started writing out my favorite lines, but it would have ended up being half the book, so I stopped...[READ THE REST OF ALANA'S REVIEW]
Anonymous Reader wrote:
"... it is so good. There's so much heart and warmth and toughness in here, just where they belong."
Anna L. wrote:
"I just finished reading Dane’s wonderful little book “The Social Justice Warrior’s Guide to the High Holy Days.” It’s a series of – meditations? poems? words? – written mostly in liturgical style, spiced with lefty phrases here and there. It reminds us of the hard work we have to do during the High Holy Days, and how we must work simultaneously to heal ourselves, our communities, and our world. One of my favorites is a reflection on Tashlich (which I’m shortening in case Dane doesn’t want the whole thing posted):
“A piece of bread is not a sin, and watching it float into a fish’s gulp is not the same as doing the work of repair…. It is a comfort, a guide to help you feel less overwhelmed by the enormity of the task. But you are not free from the task because you’ve got a metaphor.… You are not free from the task because you reposted it…. But neither are you obligated to do it all. Or do it alone.”
Barton J. wrote:
There's a lot of dark in this world. So I guess fate should have it that today I received my copy of Dane's "The Social Justice Warrior's Guide To The High Holy Days." I am not going to spoil the craft of Dane's work for those who have yet to discover it. But I am going to tell you why it is vastly important. I've known Dane for gosh... what is it? six, maybe seven years and I always thought the beauty of her poetry was parable and story. That was a mistake.
Dane's efforts as a honest and loving writer with arms outstretched is on page 7: "The world needs you whole." You still need to read further to understand what that means to her. But I can tell you, it doesn't matter if you are Jewish or have any other religious or spiritual leaning. The message is timeless, universal and immeasurably, intrinsically valuable. Dane's work is about wholeness; examining the disturbing voids ever-present in the fractures of our Selfs and community. I urge everyone, in exchange for her written legacy, support her with a purchase of your own copy.
Alana Speth wrote:
Today is the first Sunday of the season of Advent, our official start to the New Year. Liturgically, advent is (should be) a season of contemplation, of preparation, of remembering why it is we get to start again year after year after year. In practice, of course, our twenty-first-century liturgy is one of frenetic consumerism and competitive joy.
So what a gift, to be reading these meditations on faith and God and self and selves right now, right before our other holy days.
And what a gift, to be reading these meditations on righteousness and soul-fighting and justice-from-injustice and the weariness of it all, right now, right when the world it burning itself down every damn day in all directions you look.
These prose poems say so much in so few words. I started writing out my favorite lines, but it would have ended up being half the book, so I stopped...[READ THE REST OF ALANA'S REVIEW]
Anonymous Reader wrote:
"... it is so good. There's so much heart and warmth and toughness in here, just where they belong."
Anna L. wrote:
"I just finished reading Dane’s wonderful little book “The Social Justice Warrior’s Guide to the High Holy Days.” It’s a series of – meditations? poems? words? – written mostly in liturgical style, spiced with lefty phrases here and there. It reminds us of the hard work we have to do during the High Holy Days, and how we must work simultaneously to heal ourselves, our communities, and our world. One of my favorites is a reflection on Tashlich (which I’m shortening in case Dane doesn’t want the whole thing posted):
“A piece of bread is not a sin, and watching it float into a fish’s gulp is not the same as doing the work of repair…. It is a comfort, a guide to help you feel less overwhelmed by the enormity of the task. But you are not free from the task because you’ve got a metaphor.… You are not free from the task because you reposted it…. But neither are you obligated to do it all. Or do it alone.”
Barton J. wrote:
There's a lot of dark in this world. So I guess fate should have it that today I received my copy of Dane's "The Social Justice Warrior's Guide To The High Holy Days." I am not going to spoil the craft of Dane's work for those who have yet to discover it. But I am going to tell you why it is vastly important. I've known Dane for gosh... what is it? six, maybe seven years and I always thought the beauty of her poetry was parable and story. That was a mistake.
Dane's efforts as a honest and loving writer with arms outstretched is on page 7: "The world needs you whole." You still need to read further to understand what that means to her. But I can tell you, it doesn't matter if you are Jewish or have any other religious or spiritual leaning. The message is timeless, universal and immeasurably, intrinsically valuable. Dane's work is about wholeness; examining the disturbing voids ever-present in the fractures of our Selfs and community. I urge everyone, in exchange for her written legacy, support her with a purchase of your own copy.