American Jewish Life

Title

Think Piece: "No large High Holiday Services this year. There, we've said it. Now what?"

Description

As a rabbi of a small congregation, I was involved in hours and hours of decisions about suspending each type of in-person activity. Each decision seems obvious looking back, but was excruciating and time-consuming at the time. It was hard to reflect or help our leadership reflect, re-root ourselves in our values. After one particularly frustrating meeting in April, with no grounding principles, I sat down to write some. A few weeks of revisions let me to write this, circulating it among some colleagues, revise it and eventually publish it. I heard from many, many colleagues, some I had never met, who found it helpful as both a way of thinking generally, and a way of looking ahead past the immediate and giving ourselves enough time to several months ahead toward the High Holy Days.

Date Created

May 5, 2020

State

New Hampshire

Place

Nashua

Source

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/lets-say-it-now-no-large-high-holy-day-services-this-year-now-what/

Creator

Rabbi Jon Spira-Savett

This item was submitted on July 25, 2020 by Rabbi Jon Spira-Savett using the form “Contribute Your Materials” on the site “American Jewish Life”: https://pandemicreligion.org/s/american-jewish-life