CJJ is proud to connect our members to other Jewish communities' High Holiday programming to help us reflect on 5781 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 events hosted by the New Synagogue Project, click on this link.
• for events hosted by JVP Triangle, click on this link.
• for events hosted by T'chiya, click on this link.
• for events hosted by Jews in All Hues (JIAH), click on this link.

Additional Resources

• Jumpstart the High Holidays with Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) and Tzedek Lab via Zoom on Sunday, September 5th at 7pm for a Rosh Hashanah Seder centered around Mizrachi and Sephardi traditions (allies welcome). Registration is available at this link. 
  
  
• 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. 
  
  
• Begin the journey of release, return, and renewal with the New Synagogue Project's Elul playlist: Letting Go, Letting In | Elul 5781.
  
  
• 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?
  
  
• High Holy Days in Pandemic Times: Finding Awe in the Unravel by Dori Midnight, with contributions from Annie-Rose London among others. Written for 5781 (last year) but very relevant still with lots of gorgeous framing and DIY ritual suggestions for these times.