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Being Together in Community Again: What Every Congregation Needs to Know

Amy Asin

Last year, we talked about it being a High Holidays like no other. And this year we are faced with the same opportunity – to create something that has never before existed.

Don’t Wait: Life Lessons for the High Holidays from 88-Year-Old Reb Murray

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Meet 88-year-old Murray, an astounding man. Quiet, sometimes reserved, Murray became my father-in-law 31 years ago, when God softly whispered to me, “Don’t wait.” I confess I didn’t appreciate him fully until recently.

More Than Words on a Page: Social Justice in our Prayer Books

Jordan Dashow

When I left for college my freshman year, I was nervous about exploring a new Jewish community. However, I immediately felt at home as I walked into my university’s Hillel’s Conservative Friday night services and saw the Siddur Sim Shalom, the prayer book I had grown up with.

Celebrating an Historic Rosh Chodesh with Women of the Wall

Ariella Poni Kronish

I woke up bright and early on Monday morning to head to the Western Wall with my students, participants in the NFTY-EIE study abroad program in Israel. At 7:00 a.m.

An American Teenager Helps Make History at the Western Wall

Juliet Pesner

Rarely does a 16-year-old Jewish girl from suburban Massachusetts get the chance to look back on her day and recognize that she helped make history. She didn’t just talk about it or write about it; she actually experienced it, and all before 9:00 a.m.

Jew Against Jew: A Prayer After Violence at the Kotel

Alden Solovy

This is a prayer for Jews to love one another.

The Torah That Made History

Anat Hoffman

It finally happened.

After a 26-year struggle, Women of the Wall read from a full size Torah scroll in the women's section of the Kotel.

Reform Jewish women pose together in from of an ark while in Israel together during Rosh Chodesh

Raising our Voices in Peace: My Experience at the Western Wall

Rabbi Dr. Linda Henry Goodman

We read in Pirkei Avot, “Be among the disciples of Aaron – seek peace and pursue it.” One of our highest aspirations as Jews is to establish peace within our homes, within our communities, and in our world. Sh'lom bayit (peace in the home) is a core value of Jewish life.

This Month in The Tent: Preparing for the High Holidays

The High Holidays are on their way, so before you head out for summer break, visit The Tent, the URJ’s online communication and collaboration forum, for a full list of tried-and-true High Holiday preparation suggestions, including these and other tips.

Just Like Me, They Long(ed) to Be Close to You

May 5, 2012

In this week's double parashah, Acharei Mot/K'doshim, there's a one-sentence reference to the mortal sin of Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, who brought "alien fire" into the Mishkan, which we read about in Parashat Sh'mini two weeks ago (see Leviticus 10:1-7).