Preserve the memory of your loved one with a plaque on our Yahrzeit(Yiddish) The anniversary of a death, usually marked by the lighting of a 24-hour yahrzeit candle and the recitation of Kaddish, the memorial prayer. For U.S. Jews, the unveiling of the headstone usually takes place on or around the first yahrzeit. Wall. Learn More ->
As individuals, we all know pain and loss. It is the rare person who escapes sorrow. But when one of us hurts, others are there to offer comfort. Communal tragedy is different. When something bad happens to us as a community—whether that is a school, a town, a people, or a country—we struggle to figure out how to tend to our own wounds while taking care of each other. Drawing on compassion, empathy, justice, and love, we can bring out the best in each other, and perhaps, find a theology of hope in the midst of despair.
A prayer and call to action while lighting candles
A poem commemorating the victims of the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando
A prayer to acknowledge that all people are created in God’s image
A prayer to repair the damage, address security measures, and heal spiritually after a hate crime
Mourners’ Kaddish for all who have been killed by gun violence
A series of prayers to be said after Mourner’s Kaddish, specifically mourning the nine souls murdered in the Charleston church, adaptable for any service to mourn victims of racist violence
A poem that remembers the lives of lost loved ones and those who perished in the Holocaust
A prayer for compassion and empathy in the midst of fear and pain
A prayer of thanksgiving for the goodness, protection, and empowerment in our lives
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