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We Get to Be Jewish
Growing up the child of a Jew-by-choice, everything about Judaism was a choice for us. For my mother, Judaism was a gift. She felt very proud to count herself among the Jewish people. She felt blessed to have the opportunity to do Jewish things.
The Music of N’ilah – Part One
By Cantor Barbara R. Finn
How to Observe Shavuot from Home This Year
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted so much of how we engage Jewishly, but Shavuot is a fantastic holiday for families to celebrate from the safety of their homes. Here are a few ways you and your family can observe this rich, festive Jewish holiday this year.
Don't Miss These Tikkun Leil Shavuot Communal Study Events
If you are looking for an exciting Tikkun Leil Shavuot communal study opportunity, you’re in luck! On the evening of Sunday May 16, 5781/2021, come and join one of the three multi-congregational study sessions being held across the Reform Movement:
Shavuot Evening Blessings: Kiddush - Blessing over the Wine, Weekday Version
Blessing over the wine for the festival of Shavuot, Sunday through Thursday.
A Prayer for Jerusalem
Today we celebrate Yom Yerushalayim, the anniversary of that fateful day in 1967 when the Israeli paratroopers reached the Western Wall and announced: "הר הבית בידנו" -- “The Temple Mount is in our Hands.” That moment ushered in the the promise for Jews everywhere, after years of dreaming and longing, to come and pray before this sacred space.
Accessing a New Kind of Jewish Community Through Introduction to Judaism Online
Three years before the COVID-19 pandemic response sheltered millions of people at home and drove us to do all things virtual, the URJ was crafting online communities of learners as they journeyed together through our 21 sessions of Introduction to Judaism Online.