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 members of local and global Jewish communities, we bear responsibility for pursuing justice and equality for all the citizens of the world. We can all give tzedakahCharity. In Hebrew, the word tzedakah derives from the word for justice. Tzedakah is not seen as emanating from the kindness of one’s heart but, rather, as a communal obligation. and a little time, while some of us have the capacity to do much more. We make the world better when we fight for justice from a place of humility and love. These rituals and prayers infuse that work with a sense of holiness and perspective to help us do just that.
“our eyes clouded / By rocket fire”
“Today we pray in the name of the children”
“We are connected / Below the surface of the land”
“The 17-year-cicada knows nothing / of this mess we’ve made”
“What we witness is bound upon our hearts.”
In memory of George Floyd and thousands more since 1619
“Dear God, help us look, / look closer so that we may see / our children in their children”
“Together we will build a world of justice and peace.”
An Omer prayer for racist and antisemitic violence
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