Reframing Resilience: Our Scars and Our Struggle Make Us Stronger
Lisa Ellen Niver
September 10, 2021
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high holy days
DIY Jonah and the Whale Photo Frame Refrigerator Magnet
Jonathan Fong
September 9, 2021
Here’s a fun and easy Jonah and the Whale picture frame that doubles as a refrigerator magnet. In the opening, you can insert your own photo, taking Jonah’s place.
A Bisl Torah: Walk the Walk
Rabbi Nicole Guzik
September 9, 2021
Walking the walk is leaving Yom Kippur services with a bit more patience as the traffic in the parking lot begins to build up. Walking the walk is seeing the person with whom we disagree and offering a humbling hello.
A Kaparot Story for Yom Kippur
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
September 9, 2021
Their daughter, Pat, was abandoned by Beverly’s father soon after she was born, so she returned to her parents farm, where little Beverly grew up surrounded by her aunts and uncles. She remembers that her grandfather rode a horse and buggy, selling chickens house to house.
Table for Five: Special Yom Kippur Edition
Salvador Litvak
September 9, 2021
Why does the Day of Judgment precede the Day of Atonement?
Treating Arab Israelis
Shmuel Rosner
September 9, 2021
Why the riots happened when Arab Israelis seem to be progressing towards better integration and a more comfortable state of coexistence? No one can say for sure, but a fast-spreading culture of violent crime is certainly a contributing factor.
Finding Spiritual Healing During Days of Awe
Eva Robbins
September 9, 2021
It is precisely in times of stress, conflict or confusion that we need to be tranquil and centered so that we can tolerate difficulty, hold disparity and dissonance, and be able to respond with strength and serenity.
Are You Living Your Eulogy or Your Resume?
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
September 9, 2021
I want us to use these Holy Days—and to begin to emerge from our social distancing—by living not only our resume, but our eulogy.
Teshuvah in a Plague
Rabbi Robin Podolsky
September 8, 2021
Only teshuvah that comes from a place of trust in God’s forgiveness, respect for one’s own ability to change, and the renewed strength we get from accepting a friend’s love can truly transform.
This Yom Kippur, Let’s Add a “Good” List
David Suissa
September 8, 2021
In the High Holiday spirit of self-reflection, why not add a question this year to our traditional litany of self-criticism: What have we done right?
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