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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 to Turn Your Home into a Sanctuary for the High Holidays

By

Rabbi Elyse Goldstein

Like our ancestors before us, we must again bring worship “inside” and create a sacred space at home while we are in front of our computers.

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RAP-ENTANCE: A Soul-Opening Experience for the High Holidays

By

Rabbi Alex Kress

Long before I became a rabbi, I was a DJ and a hip-hop-head. Music always scored my life, and for years I've wondered, "How can that music be harnessed for religious practice?"

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Yom Kippur Videos

Learn about Tashlich, blow the shofar and more high holiday traditions with these videos.

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This Yom Kippur, Let Your Emotions Serve as "Radical Blessings"

By

C.E. Harrison

As we no longer serve God through temple sacrifices, many Jews have come to understand the entire world, in essence, to be God’s temple. This year, I believe we have vandalized God’s temple with the blood of the innocent.

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How to Harness the Healing Power of Forgiveness and Repentance

So how does one begin the process of forgiveness?

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How to Get into the High Holidays State of Mind

By

Rabbi Julie Zupan

It's a challenge and necessity, especially during this pandemic, to set boundaries between work time and family or personal time, between home office and home. How do we do that, emotionally?

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In Celebration of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur at Home

By

Micaela Hellman-Tincher

Like many, I'm mourning the chance to "go" to High Holiday services at my synagogue. But I've also had the joy of observing Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur at home, so I know this year will be wonderfully meaningful.

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3 Previously Frowned-Upon Behaviors to Embrace During the High Holidays at Home

By

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

The new normal of distanced coronavirus kehilla t'filah (communal prayer) offers new ways to enhance your Home High Holidays. Consider these three previously banned behaviors to warm up your worship.