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Your Guide to Fasting (or Not) on Yom Kippur
For many Jews, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a fasting holiday – a day during which we abstain from eating, drinking, and even brushing our teeth or using perfumes. (Learn more about what we abstain from and why.)
What Jewish Tradition Says About Health and Wellness
Sh'mirat haguf – literally, guarding the body – is the religious imperative to take care of our body and soul. Learn how you can fulfill this mitzvah.
How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life
Not in her wildest dreams, could Marilyn Paul have imagined that she would ever take a day off every week to calm her soul, and write a book about it. Learn her story.
8 Ways to Celebrate Hanukkah that Don’t Involve Gifts
Instead of eight days of gifts, here are eight ways to celebrate Hanukkah with your kids that relate the story and celebration for your enjoyment and to help you refocus your approach:
8 Must-Read Books for the Jewish Social Justice Advocate
The more we learn and challenge ourselves, the more our communities have the capacity to become bastions of diversity, equity, and inclusion. These books can help prepare you in your and your community’s fight against oppression.
10 Jewish LGBTQ+ Affirming Children’s Books
So many of us who identify as LGBTQ+ grew up with little to no queer/trans representation in the media we consumed. While there is still a long way to go in normalizing LGBTQ+ identities in children’s media, kids can now see themselves and their families represented in many ways, including in the books they read.
Resources and Guidelines for the Consideration of Re-Opening
As national, state, and local health authorities begin to allow additional activities in certain communities, congregational leaders will begin to consider the process of re-opening.
Sample Pride Shabbat Sermon III
LGBT Pride Shabbat Sermon A version of this sermon was delivered by Matthew Gewirtz in 2011 I remember it like it was yesterday. I walked into the preschool classroom, mid-conversation. The teacher explained, “People come in all different shapes, sizes, and colors.
This Pride Month, Break the Glass
How might we approach Pride with the same intentionality with which we approach a wedding?
Sample Pride Shabbat Sermon I
PRIDE AND THE PROMISED LAND: JOURNEYS OF JUSTICE Delivered in 2013 by Rabbi Adam Rosenwasser Edith Schlain was born in Philadelphia in 1929.