CJJ is proud to connect our members to other Jewish communities' High Holiday programming to help us reflect on 5782 and look forward toward a new year.
And who knows? You may even come across a friendly face from your chapter or build a new connection!
To learn more and register for online and in-person High Holiday services and ritual:
- for events hosted by Kol Haskalah, click on this link.
- for events hosted by JVP Triangle, click on this link.
- for events hosted by Jews in All Hues, click on this link.
- for events hosted by Workers Circle, click on this link.
- for events hosted by the New Synagogue Project, click on this link.
Additional Resources
- Come explore learning text in a short, embodied spiritual dive based on the practices of the Jewish Studio Project (JSP) and explore Sephardi/Mizrahi foods and practices at Exploring Elul with CJJ on September 18th in Durham. Learn more at this link.
- End your Sunday with a full virtual Rosh Hashanah Seder centered around Mizrachi and Sephardi traditions on September 18 at 7:30pm. Sign up here to get the Zoom link.
- Check out this daily Elul Shofar Cohort happening through Wilderness Torah. If you’re looking to get your shofar fix in, consider popping in, just 15 minutes each morning.
- Take a tour with Rabbi Elie Kaunfer from Hadar Institute of the Mahzor (prayer book used on the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) at this YouTube link.
- Check out Defund the Police/Invest in Communities Sermon Seeds, a crowdsourced Torah offering on divest, invest, and policing, as well as support and resources.
- Review Avodah's new Institute for Social Change's Transformative Teshuvah: A High Holiday Resource for a More Just World, a collection of text studies, tools for reflection, artistic interpretations, and activities providing different pathways to explore the question: How do we turn towards change?
- Revisit High Holy Days in Pandemic Times: Finding Awe in the Unravel from 5781 by Dori Midnight, with contributions from Annie-Rose London among others.
- Learn about Sephardic life in Iberia pre-Christian conquest and expulsion in this Yom Kippur Insert for Remembering Sepharad.
Virtual workshops following North African traditions
Led by Laura Elkeslassy, learn Maghrebi liturgy for Arvit Rosh Hashana in this sacred music workshop. We will brush up famous piyuttim such as Akhot Ketana, which we’ll learn to “dress” on Rau Banim and will dig into new liturgy such as Kiddush, Lamnatseah al Hagitit, Ledavid Mizmor. This workshop will take place September 22nd 8-9:30pm EST/5-6:30pm PST. RSVP here for the Rosh Hashana workshop
Yom Kippur Workshop will take place Sunday October 2 12pm EST, and this one is sponsored by My Jewish Learning. RSVP here for the Yom Kippur workshop!
Want even more?
Check out this round-up of high holyday resources from the JVP Havurah Network.
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