Category: Rosh Hashanah

For me, living in two civilizations means that they inform one another. When I blow my New Year's Eve party horn in the winter, I remember the echoes of the shofar in the fall.

A new collection of resources for the High Holidays focuses on the theme of Embracing the Stranger.

I’m thrilled to introduce Hashivenu, a new podcast that highlights resilience practices embedded in Jewish teaching and Jewish living.

Berosh hashanah yikatevun u've'yom tzom kippur yekhatemun.

This probably isn’t breaking news, but there are plenty of Jews who don’t go to services on Rosh Hashanah for lots of different reasons. 

Setting: Carpenter's Woods in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Spring 2016   Chana: Hey, we work really well together. Let's do more! Annie: OK! Chana: Let's do something about Jewish women...

Two years ago, at age 93, my father passed away suddenly and peacefully in

When I think and talk about teshuvah, I usually focus on change. How can we take stock of our lives and improve the parts of ourselves that we wish to change? This year I was struck by a different aspect of teshuvah. I realized that teshuvah doesn’t need to be focused solely on changing who we are. Teshuvah can also be about learning to accept and forgive ourselves, and learning how to embrace our abilities, limitations, bodies, and relationships.

The One of Infinite Possibilities calls: Return to me and I will return to you (Zecharia 1:3)

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