When I imagine wearing my tallit in Ferguson and afterward, I am imagining how it will help carry with me a sense of security and home—a portable home just like the sukkah. 

We can become a beriah hadasha — a new version of ourselves in this New Year.

For centuries, Jewish women in Eastern Europe measured cemeteries and graves with thread. Join us to learn how to perform these rituals using translated Yiddish ethnographic studies and memoirs. Participants will receive training and resources to host a grave measuring event in Elul or another time during the year.

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. 

For centuries, Jewish women in Eastern Europe measured cemeteries and graves with thread. Join us to learn how to perform these rituals using translated Yiddish ethnographic studies and memoirs. Participants will receive training and resources to host a grave measuring event in Elul or another time during the year.