Jewish Values

A person in a yellow jacket faces the ocean while standing at the edge of a beach with a line of footprints in the sand

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

Chris 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.

Desktop setting with a small candle and some flowers along with a pad of paper reading I AM GRATEFUL FOR

Parenting

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.

Laptop on a table in a living room displaying a man in a kippah blowing a shofar

Worship

In Celebration of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur at Home

Micaela Hellman-Tincher

September 16, 2020

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.

Womans feet and pointed yellow dress shoes standing in front of the word SORRY written on the pavement in chalk

Jewish Values

How to Harness the Healing Power of Forgiveness and Repentance

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

So how does one begin the process of forgiveness?

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Jewish Learning

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.