High Holidays

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22,202 CE: A Year With No Rosh HaShanah

Rabbi Mark Glickman

September 6, 2020

Soon, Jews around the world will celebrate the beginning of the Jewish new year, 5781, and many of us will do so not from our synagogues as usual, but rather from our homes, looking into our computer screens courtesy of Zoom or some other streaming technology.

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Yom Kippur

Two New Films, "An American Pickle" and "Palm Springs," Reflect High Holiday Themes

Wes Hopper

September 4, 2020

Both films show us ways to examine our flaws and make amends, either with the people we’ve wronged or for the ways we’ve scorned the sacrifices of those who came before us.

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Worship

How to Turn Your Home into a Sanctuary for the High Holidays

Rabbi Elyse Goldstein

September 3, 2020

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.

Yom Kippur

Inspired 5781: More Art, More Awe

Rebecca Guber

September 2, 2020

I grew up going to services. A lot of services. I was adept at counting the ceiling tiles, reaching into the thousands as my grasp of numbers grew more sophisticated.

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Jewish Values

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

Rabbi Alex Kress

September 1, 2020

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?"