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Rosh Hashanah Writing

by JessieJudaism September 8, 2021March 7, 2024Comments are Disabled

Writing sometimes feels like the High Holy Days in Judaism (Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish new year, and Yom Kippur – the day of atonement). Writing, just like the holidays, is something I have to fit in around “work” and the wider expectations of a society that doesn’t recognize the meaning of the act or the …

The Jewish New Year on Zoom

by JessieHistory, Judaism September 28, 2020March 7, 2024Comments are Disabled

Waiting for the moment you are allowed to sit down during a Yom Kippur zoom service highlights how much we depend on one another for our customs, cues, and daily actions. Without the old guard sitting down around me I’m very alone and don’t always know what to do, when to rise and when to …

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