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September 2005 Highlights

Inside the High Holy Days

 Penina Adelman: Each year the divine voice deep inside me calls out to the rest of me stuck in the everyday mud of things to look, listen, and learn from my deeds.
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 Martha Ackelsberg: How can a committed feminist and havurah Jew—one who does not feel especially comfortable in most synagogues and who has long been unwilling to pray for the rebuilding of the Temple or the restoration of sacrifices—find herself moved by the words of a liturgy that evokes not only the sacrifice of animals but the spraying of their blood around the Holy of Holies in a ritual from which women were totally excluded?
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 Rabbis Tirzah Firestone and Saul Berman explore their personal relationships to the prayers of Rosh Hashsana and how, as spiritual leaders, they guide others through the holidays.
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For Sale: Living Words V: A Source Book on Israel in a Time of Struggle


A timely resource for rabbis, educators, and families to address the crisis in Israel. Included are High Holiday sermons, new rituals for celebrating Israel's Independence Day, Responsa on the Prayer for the Peace of Israel, essays and resource materials to teach Israel in synagogues and schools.:

Available now www.Jflbooks.com
Foreword by Yitz Greenberg bookorders@JFLmedia.com.



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“While Jewish communal bodies lament the disenfrancchisement of young Jews, few bold new ventures in Jewish music, theater, film, and other media are encouraged or finanncially supported. Although art could radically impact Jewish identity and social values, artists and their creations are struggling for acceptance and recognition; they are often perceived merely as entertainment.”

Amichai Lau-Lavie, Artistic Director of STORAHTELLING