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

Chaim Harrison

September 20, 2020

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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Identifying with Jewish Gratitude Over Jewish Guilt

Karen White

I aspire to a life of optimism. And perhaps a whole new stereotype for Jewish mothers-in-law in the future. Maybe, as I am dragging my valise to the bus station, I will remember to tell my children how much I appreciate them.

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How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

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.

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"Life Is in the Transitions": Wisdom from a Bestselling Author

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

September 9, 2020

"If I were to sum up what I learned after five years of working on this book, it is this: Transitions work. When life gets us stuck, a life transition is the means of getting unstuck."

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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?"

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

Identifying with Jewish Gratitude Over Jewish Guilt

How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life

"Life Is in the Transitions": Wisdom from a Bestselling Author

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

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