Kavannot and activities for when we are with others with no mask. Click here for more.
New from Bayit’s Liturgical Arts Working Group comes this collaborative compilation of liturgy, poetry and art for this Tisha b’Av. Here are poems, prayers, artwork, and readings for Tisha b’Av 2021, looking back on the last pandemic year as we sit with what’s broken and nurture the seeds of hope for repair. This offering is organized through Continue Reading »
Since the Covid pandemic struck Jewish communities around the world, synagogue-based ritual life was interrupted. People stopped relying on experts and professionals to do Judaism for them. Along with a very real crisis, there were also some opportunities for Jews to take festival practice into their own hands. As each festival came up, I wrote Continue Reading »
We’re calling it “Chevruta” – essentially, we’re bringing together small focus groups to study text and use the text to process the learnings and takeaways from this past year that we want to inform our communal life moving forward. Here’s the program outline:Rough outline of the program here.Text study sheet here.
I’ve compiled everything into this one handy doc for your convenience. Feel free to use anything that is helpful to you. Some of this material was inspired by resources offered by IJS, JTS, the Rabbinical Assembly, Hadar and the Dreaming up 5781 facebook group. Glad we can all help each other and share ideas. Click Continue Reading »
A STRONG HAND AND AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM: COVID-19 Vaccine Resources for Members of The Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Prepared by Rabbi Burt Visotzky and JTS Rabbinical Students David Shmidt Chapman & Jonathon Adler Click here for source sheet
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The Akedah Project – exploring the story of the binding of Isaac from a variety of perspectives from prominent scholars, teachers, thinkers, activists, and artists