Unetaneh Tokef: An Adaptation for One Year Later

This version of the ‘Unetaneh Tokef’ prayer refers to the atrocities that took place on Oct. 7.
Season of Our Joy

“I squeeze the etrog and smell it,
and my heart swells. / The mitzvah is to take the dare…”
Apple Peel Tashlikh

An alternative kind of Tashlikh, focusing on composting and transformation.
El Maleh Rachamim for Yamim Noraim 5785Â

“Hide them / beneath the cover of Your wings, forever, / And let their souls be bound up with ours…”
Minyan

“In an age when / searching for home / in a soup / makes sense.”
Signs of Life

Wear the star Near and far For me, for you For every Jew Not with shame But with pride Never forget To be on the right side […]
Belonging

“My path is not a straight line / but rather an ever evolving circle…”
A Prayer in this Time of Crisis

​Rabbi Maurice Harris, Associate Director for Thriving Communities and Israel Affairs Specialist, shares a powerful message for this moment.
Above and Below

“What is the path home? / Out from our buried place? / To Peace?”
On the Anniversary of Oct. 7: Words of Prayer

A prayer from Rabbi Deborah Waxman, President and CEO, Reconstructing Judaism, to mark the first anniversary of the atrocities that took place on October 7.