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A High Holiday helpline for rabbis is flooded with millennial calls

JL;DR SUMMARY The Elul Helpline, created by Jewish nonprofit Atra, is increasingly utilized by younger rabbis facing intense challenges leading up to the High Holidays. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Rosh HashanahYom KippurProfessional DevelopmentJewish LeadershipEmotional ResilienceGenerational DifferencesRabbinic SupportElul HelplineAtra Organization

Places mentioned

Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States
"Rabbi Jennifer Frenkel, senior rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami in Cherry Hill, New Jersey;"
Marietta, Georgia, United States
"Rabbi Chase Foster, of Temple Kol Emeth in Marietta, Georgia, and his dog Griffey."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Rabbi Chase Foster was staring down three sermons, a war in Gaza approaching its second anniversary,"

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