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The Black Jews Are Tired

By

C.E. Harrison

As fulfilling as it was to engage in Shavuot programs, a lot weighs on me. With COVID-19 continuing to ravage Black communities and racist violence all over the news, I almost feel like it’s Yom Kippur instead – the time when Jews are supposed to be most aware of their own mortality.

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And You Shall Love

By

Avital Abraham

This week, I tell a friend I’d love to chat but actually I have to run Yom Kippur services are starting soon and I’ve got to repent for my sins before the gates are closed. She laughs. “Well, you’re gay, so you’ve definitely got a lot of repenting to do.”

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How Yoga's Wisdom Can Help Us Prepare for Elul

I often hear my yoga teachers' words when I embark on a new project or endeavor. Today, as we get ready to usher in the month of Elul, the preparatory month for the High Holidays, I keep thinking to myself: What is my intention?

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Introducing a New Way to Reflect on 5781

By

Rabbi Esther L. Lederman

Rabbi Leora Kaye

With deep gratitude to the Righteous Persons Foundation, we invite you to visit reflect.reformjudaism.org and to share this opportunity far and wide with your community.

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Introducing a Meaningful New Way to Reflect This High Holiday Season

By

Rabbi Esther L. Lederman

Rabbi Leora Kaye

If the High Holidays were to be pared down to their very essence, what are some words and phrases that might come to mind?

Belonging. Connection. Memory. An accounting of the soul.

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T'shuvah: Returning to Our Truest Selves at the High Holidays

The central theme of the High Holiday season is t’shuvah (turn, response), an expression of hope that the way we are today need not be who we remain tomorrow.

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7 Things to Know About Selichot

S’lichot, penitential prayers said before the High Holidays, offer us opportunities for personal reflection and to seek forgiveness from those we wronged during the year.

Taking a Hard Look at Our Relationships

The individual relationships we share are the backbone of creating a kehillah kedosha—a sacred community.

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What Does it Mean to Make Successful T’shuvah?

By

Lee B. Kass

For the first time this year, High Holidays will be conducted remotely for our community – but it will show us that we can, as Rabbi John Rosove taught, truly “overcome the past for the sake of a better future.”

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High Holidays Opportunities for Reform Jewish Teens

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NFTY: The Reform Jewish Youth Movement

Join Reform Jewish teens for a meaningful, month-long High Holidays experience! Through fun and engaging virtual programming, we will focus on the core theme of betterment – of yourself, your community, and the world.