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Secular Holidays

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Secular holidays give us the chance to widen our communities of celebration. We can join with other Americans for prayer, introspection or community service, as we observe holidays that connect us to each other. We can also interpret these holidays in a Jewish context, understanding them in light of the texts and experiences of our people.

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A poem in memory of those who lost their lives on 9/11

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A prayer which can be used both in synagogue worship and at the holiday table
 
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Psalm 128, from the weekday Shacharit service; likely recited when ascending to the Temple in Jerusalem for the pilgrimage festivals
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Psalm 100, from the weekday Shacharit service, thanking “The Abundant One”
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An expression of mindfulness of and gratitude for farm workers

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Written expressly for the Thanksgiving table

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To be inserted at the same point as one would add for Hanukkah or Purim

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Questions for an intergenerational Thanksgiving conversation

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The ironically “two-faced year,” when the Jews were expelled from Spain and Columbus discovered America

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The stirring ode to the “New World” inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty

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