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For more than 50 years, High Holiday sermons were consequential both for the rabbi and the congregation. Why has the Reform preaching tradition waned?

We can hold on to our injuries, or we can begin the work of forgiving – not for the sake of the other, but for our own sake.

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,” our Torah begins, so many ask: How could God have created the world in seven days? What about the dinosaurs and evolution? Don’t we believe in that?

The waning of summer's warm days signals the arrival of the Hebrew month of Elul. It's a time to contemplate the approaching Days of Awe and how best to prepare for them.

During the year I spent studying in Jerusalem as a rabbinic student, it was impossible to escape the upcoming High Holy Days.

Following the strategy of intentional modeling, in thinking about what you will do for your kids at Rosh HaShanah this year, first think about what you want to do for YOU!  It’s a stretch, I know, but if it makes you feel better it is ultimately a great thing to do for your kids.

We spend a lot of time coordinating High Holiday worship, but when we strip away the particulars, our experience strongly resembles an AA meeting.