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Are you struggling? Overwhelmed? You’re not alone. It’s been a weird, demanding, and terribly sad six months. Some of us feel completely helpless, others full of rage, still others too depressed to keep caring. Actually, a lot of us feel all of those emotions, serially or even all at once. It is ok to feel
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It’s the Jewish month of Elul, the only Jewish month with no holidays after the first day. The only month you’re not scurrying around cooking for the holiday, cleaning for the holiday, inviting friends and family, making sure you have whatever holiday supplies you need for your household’s traditions. The only month you have time
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Each year on Purim, we Jews read the story of Esther. When the villain Haman’s name is read, we shout, hiss and boo to drown it out. We write his name on the soles of our shoes and stomp them on the ground until the name disappears. We say, “May his name be erased.” And
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It’s ok not to have a seder, not to attend a seder, not to celebrate pesakh this year. If the seder means to you a family gathering (biological or intentional) and zoom just doesn’t cut it, you don’t have to have a seder now. If the seder means to you singing together and that REALLY
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