Rosh HaShanah: An Opportunity for Us to Co-Create
Although Rosh HaShanah reminds us of God’s creation, the holiday also invites us to come together in community and to envision our legacy as co-creators.
What We Really Celebrate on Rosh HaShanah
“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?
5 Last Minute Ways to Make Civic Engagement Part of Your High Holidays
The High Holidays invite us to initiate both personal and communal change. During the ten Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we reflect on our own choices as well as the actions of our broader community.
Selichot: A Spiritual Warm-Up for the High Holy Days
When Rosh HaShanah occurs within close proximity to the Shabbat that precedes it, as it does this year, Selichot is observed a week early.
Making Synagogue a Place to Run To, Not From
The events of my son’s bar mitzvah day don't begin to tell the story of how Max arrived at that moment.
It’s Hard to be a Jew at Christmas, But Even Harder on Tu BiSh’vat
It is a truth universally acknowledged that it can be difficult to be Jewish at Christmas time. It has seeped into North American cultural consciousness so thoroughly that South Park even wrote a song about it, complete with trademark expletives.
This Passover: A Season of Justice for the Environment
How PJ Library® Helped Our Congregation Engage Families with Young Children
5 Vibrant Additions to Your Campus High Holidays Experience
How do you make college High Holiday services and programs engaging, welcoming, and meaningful? Here are five tips.
Why We Need Good Sermons Now More Than Ever
For more than 50 years, High Holiday sermons were consequential both for the rabbi and the congregation. Why has the Reform preaching tradition waned?