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Charity, Prayer, and Repentance in the Time of Coronavirus
Guest contributor Rabbi Phil Cohen discusses how prayer, charity and repentance can help temper the severe decree of coronavirus. [Read more…]
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The Elder’s Unetaneh Tokef
JSA contributor Rabbi Susan Elkodsi discusses the Unetaneh Tokef prayer and its meaning for contemporary worship. [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Who by Fire … My Yom Kippur Problem
Editor’s Note: This guest post was contributed by Edmond H. Weiss, Ph.D. Long before the Pharisees began writing about an Olam Haba, an afterlife that is a reward for righteous living, there was a simpler [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Guest Commentary: Thoughts for the High Holy Days
Editor’s Note: This guest posting is from Cantor Jennifer Bern-Vogel, Congregation Emanu-El, Redlands, CA. This past summer, I flew back and forth to Iowa three separate times spending several weeks with my 94-year old mother. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
The call of the month of Elul
Shalom. This month is a special one within the Jewish calendar. Elul begins. This is the last month of the Jewish year and in it, we are asked to slowly prepare our souls for the [Read more…]