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The Pandemic Yizkor

“This is the yahrzeit of the Life we lived before”
  • by Carol L. Skolnick
pandemic, yahrzeit, yizkor
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Adam v’Mayyim: The Prayer Becomes the Praying

“We are here / To find the cracks / At the edges of possibilities”
  • by Tiferet Welch
creation, grief, hope, yizkor
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The Four Yizkors: Grief and Memory Hold Hands

“Grief and memory hold hands / as, broken-hearted, we find our way through the Jewish year”
  • by Rabbi Jen Gubitz
grief, memory, yizkor
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Yizkor for Someone I Wish I Knew Better

“Why is it that I couldn’t know them more fully?”
  • by Rabbi Amanda Schwartz
grief, yizkor
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In This Place

“I want to know this: did God see you / trying as hard as you could / to live?”
  • by Amy Steingart
grief, mourning, yizkor
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You Can’t Bring Back the Dead

“You can’t bring them back, but you can learn their Torah”
  • by Rabbi Chaya Gusfield
family, grief, mourning, yizkor
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For Those We Remember with Love: Seven Blessings of Memory and Hope

“May you know that you are always remembered for the good you have done”

  • by Rabbi Debra Smith
grief, mourning, yizkor
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Yizkor Kavannah

“Source of All Life: Welcome home those we’ve lost”

  • by Rabbi Debra Smith
grief, mourning, yizkor
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Eileh Ezkarah: A Martyrology Service for Our Time

“These I remember and my heart breaks open with tears”

  • by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
angels, climate crisis, grief, martyrology, mourning, resistance, tashlikh, teshuvah, yizkor
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A Ritual to Prepare for the Yizkor of Yom Kippur

Honoring the memory of the deceased

  • by Rabbi Janet Madden
kavanah, tzedakah, yizkor, yom kippur
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Honoring Loved Ones in Writing & Art

Now more than ever, we need the guidance of our ancestors, and creative expression provides a wonderful path for connection.

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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