Reflections on Aging
To Hold On – To Remember: Yizkor
Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss thinks about Yom Kippur and its power to evoke memory. [Read more…]
yom kippur
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast 9/10/2021: High Holy Days Message from Rabbi Address
On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Address offers a special message and thoughts about the meaning of the Jewish High Holy Days in this year’s continuing COVID-19 [Read more…]
Rituals
Yom Kippur 5781: Yizkor For COVID-19 Victims
For Yom Kippur, Chaplain Barry Pitegoff offers a Yizkor prayer for COVID-19 victims. [Read more…]
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To Live a Thousand Years
In this meditation for Yom Kippur, Rabbi Stephen Karol discusses the Psalms, the brevity of humanity and the eternity of God. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Rabbis Matt Soffer and Geri Newburge Discuss High Holiday Plans, Issues for Mid-Career Rabbis
On this episode of the Seekers of Meaning Podcast and TV Show, two mid-career rabbis, Rabbi Geri Newburge, rabbi at Main Line Reform Temple/Beth Elohim, in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, and Rabbi Matt Soffer, senior rabbi at Judea Reform Congregation, Durham, North Carolina, discuss their plans for observing the High Holy Days with their congregations and issues affecting their rabbinates. [Read more…]
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A New ‘Al cheyt’ Prayer
A modern version of the “Al cheyt” confessional prayer compiled by Leonard H. Berman and inspired by Dennis Praeger. [Read more…]
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Be Culturally Radical: Live As If You Are Dying
Reb Simcha Raphael provides some reflections on Yizkor. [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…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Chuckles for the New Year!
Sandy Taradash offers blessings for the New Year and some jokes to make you smile. [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Rabbi, Is This Chicken Kosher? and Other Musings on Life and Death as We Prepare for Yom Kippur
I begin with one of my favorite stories: A Reform and an Orthodox Rabbi are walking down the street, deeply engaged in an animated discussion (already you know this is a tale of some vintage [Read more…]