Hold Dualities Together
Holocaust Remembrance Day And The Sacred Task Of Remembering Life
Tell me the stories of life.
Rabbi Zach Fredman writes and teaches from Brooklyn, NY. He is the bandleader of The Epichorus, purveyors of new Arabic folk and prayer music. Drawing from devotions in mythology and mysticism, Zach is translating Jewish wisdom from tribal roots to human futures. Connect at -- zachfredman.com
Tell me the stories of life.
We are the first generations of Jews capable of healing our national trauma.
Where does the impetus for transformation come from?
We are Noah’s Ark — it’s a grand metaphor for the human experience.
A great leader would have taught us how to be sick this week, rather than pretend to be well.
What happens when you pray for the death of an evil person?
When we meet a moment of suffering, we have the choice of refusal or acceptance, turning away, or turning towards.
Why did it take a tragedy of this proportion to open channels of love that had lain dormant?
When we make room for right fear, for awe, the illusions and suffering of egoic fear begin to fall away.