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Tag: Liturgy

0 Holidays Politics

At this painful time, let’s make our Rosh Hashanah hopeful

Jewish Chronicle · 26 Sep

As Rosh Hashanah approaches, it resonates with a mix of celebration and reflection on life's fragility, heightened this year by ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

0 Philosophy Jewish Law

Controlling Chaos

TEXTing · 19 Apr

Elana Stein Hain and Leora Batnitzky discuss the omnipresence of chaos in contemporary life, exploring lessons from Talmudic stories about King David's confrontation with chaos.

0 Gender/Identity Jewish Law

A New Set of Rituals for Abortion and Pregnancy Loss

Guest Contributor in Lilith · 1 Feb

The lack of ritual and liturgy in mainstream Judaism for experiences specific to women, such as menstruation, miscarriage, and mammograms, is a frustration for the author.

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Streamlining Services: What Can we Learn from High Holidays 5781?

Moshe Kurtz in Lehrhaus · 9 Nov 2020

The author discusses the idea of streamlining High Holidays services in American Modern Orthodox congregations.

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Why the shofar is the perfect soundtrack for ‘I May Destroy You’

Forward · 23 Sep 2020

The article discusses the TV series "I May Destroy You" and its relevance to the Jewish High Holidays.

0 Education Culture

Learning Hebrew—at Last

Roseanne Benjamin in Tablet · 10 Oct 2019

Roseanne Benjamin reflects on her delayed journey to learn Hebrew, despite her early exposure through Hebrew school and Jewish summer camp.

0 Holidays Literature

Wake Up Sleeping One! Yehudah Ha-Levi’s Dramatic Use of Genre and Narrative Voice in the High Holidays’ Most Resounding Call to Action

Yaakov Jaffe in Lehrhaus · 13 Sep 2018

Yehudah Ha-Levi's liturgical poem "Yashen, Al Teradam" serves as a powerful call to action for Jews during the High Holiday season, urging them to wake up, repent, and align themselves with God.

0 Holidays Culture

The Voices of Women

Sara Fredman in Tablet · 6 Sep 2018

The text discusses the author's experiences at an Orthodox Jewish summer camp where she learned about concepts like kol isha and shomer negiah, which restrict men from listening to women singing and touching members of the opposite sex.

0 Literature Language

No Rest for the Weary? Ambiguity in Yehudah Halevi’s “Yom Shabbaton”

Yaakov Jaffe in Lehrhaus · 30 Apr 2018

The essay explores the ambiguity and complexities found in Yehudah Halevi's popular poem Yom Shabbaton, focusing on the debate around different versions of the middle stanzas found in prayer books.

0 Music Gender/Identity

Opinion | Should We Still Be Singing Carlebach?

Forward · 7 Dec 2017

The article discusses the ongoing debate surrounding Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach's music and legacy in the Jewish community despite allegations of sexual impropriety.

0 Jewish Law Prayer

Yerach Tov: Birkat HaChodesh in Jewish Law and Liturgy

Jewish Action · 18 Mar 2014

In Rabbi Elchanan Adler's book "Yerach Tov: Birkat HaChodesh in Jewish Law and Liturgy," he delves into the intricate details of the prayer for the new month, Birkat Hachodesh, recited on the Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh.

0 Literature Language

Comes the Comer

Leon Wieseltier in Jewish Review of Books · 27 Feb 2013

The New American Haggadah, edited by Jonathan Safran Foer and translated by Nathan Englander, presents a discussion on the complexities of translating Jewish texts, particularly the Haggadah used during Passover.