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I didn’t fast on Yom Kippur

“I didn’t fast on Yom Kippur / But I mended my relationship with my spouse and children by being present in the moment and honest about my feelings in a positive way…”
  • by Hadasah Yaqob-Johnson
fasting, forgiveness, healing, parenting, relationships, teshuvah
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A Play in One Act for Yom Kippur

The sacrificial goat shares a nuanced view of this Yom Kippur tradition.
  • by Sheri Lindner
forgiveness
goat on mountain ledge

Ashamnu (We Have Trespassed.)

“But beat gentle, sinners and you, / you few righteous ones.”
  • by Alan Walowitz
forgiveness
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Sukkah, 2022, Incomplete

“Every day we exist inside unfinished business.”
  • by Tree Smith Benedikt
children, forgiveness, joy, sukkah
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Healing from Within: Seeking Closure Without an Apology

“Who is responsible for my hurt?”
  • by Marc Jacobs
forgiveness, healing, teshuvah
person wearing white shirt out in a field with palm on their own heart

Pre-High Holy Days Immersion Ceremony

“Forgive me and help me to forgive myself and others”
  • by Lisa Braun Glazer, PhD
forgiveness, mikveh, teshuvah
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May I Find Forgiveness

Finding forgiveness and self-compassion
  • by Joanne Fink
al het, compassion, forgiveness
May I Find Forgiveness

These Ancient Wounds

“These ancient wounds afflict so many”
  • by Suzanne Sabransky
forgiveness, healing, justice, love
These Ancient Wounds

Jericho

“How can I ask you for forgiveness”

  • by Julia Knobloch
forgiveness
Jericho

A Narrow Bridge

“this desert threatens to swallow us”

  • by Julia Knobloch
forgiveness
A Narrow Bridge

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 Writing a spiritual autobiography helps you to discover how teachers, touchstones, symbols and stories have led you to make meaning and understand the sacred in your personal story. In this immersion, join Ritualwell’s Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, a writer and spiritual director, to map out and narrate your most sacred life experiences. Four sessions starting May 16, 2024. 

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Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis