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The Bitter and the Sweet: Observing Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut This Year

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

We at the URJ are working with you, our congregations, to instill a love of Israel, make it central to the identity of Reform Jews, and advance efforts toward ensuring that it is a nation of equality, tolerance, pluralism, and justice.

Statue of liberty lit against an orange and yellow sunset

America Needs a Just and Equitable Immigration Policy: If Not Now, When?

Rabbi Lee Bycel

It is difficult to imagine anyone not moved by the scenes of children seeking asylum at our southern border.

Black and white image of the authors parents on their wedding day

On Yom HaShoah, Hear the Message of the Saved Remnant

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

My mother’s answer to hate is love. When I asked her what she wishes for herself and for the world, she said, “For myself good health, so I can be good to others. For the world, peace not war. No bad person wins in the end. What did Hitler achieve?”

Teenagers walking down railroad tracks while visiting a concentration camp

Ghetto: A Poem

Samantha (Sami) Silk

the path that we now follow / is the Exodus our ancestors never chose / flooding with pain they died not to swallow / the past spills into the river and flows

Does one wear a tallit to services the night of Yom Kippur (Kol Nidrei)?

Answered by

Rabbi Victor S. Appell

In the book of Numbers (15:38-39), we read that the Israelites were instructed to "make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments…that they shall look at it and recall all the commandments of the Eternal and observe them..."

Kiddush cup, wine, and a Shofar, ritual objects for the Jewish holiday of Rosh HaShanah

Rosh HaShanah Evening Blessings: Kiddush- Blessing over the Wine, Shabbat and Weekday

Blessings over the wine during the evening of Rosh HaShanah.

Apple slices and a honey stirrer on a silver platter carved with scenes of Jerusalem and a pomegranate in the background

A Prayer for the Jewish New Year

May we hold lovingly in our thoughts / those who suffer from tyranny, subjection, cruelty, and injustice, / and work every day towards the alleviation of their suffering

The Sin of Self-Congratulation

Larry Lesser

At the conclusion of Yom Kippur years ago, I attended a break-the-fast at the home of old friends. I loaded my plate with a bagel, lox, and vegetables and ambled over to a conversational group, where I stood munching and listening.

I've Lost All Hope

Cantor Cheryl Wunch

When I think of the word “hope,” one sentence comes to mind: Hope is a dangerous thing.

I don't remember where or when I first heard the statement, and I'm fairly sure it was intended as a warning, but the idea has stuck with me.

Hope is a dangerous thing.

The Importance of Reading Torah During Your College Years

Deb and Jerry Plovsky

We encouraged our daughter, Sydney Plovsky, who is a sophomore at Elon University, to read Torah during the High Holidays at her school; growing up, she had been a frequent Torah reader at Temple Emanu