by Rabbi Heidi Cohen | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
September 17, 2020 | 28 Elul 5780 What an amazing opportunity we have this year to be with our families during our high holy day services! This year is unique in so many ways and invites many opportunities for us to include our children in services. In the past...
by Rabbi Heidi Cohen | Sep 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Selichot are a group of prayers and poems said in preparation for and during the High Holy Days, specifically Yom Kippur. These are words asking for forgiveness and preparing us to move forward with new goals and contemplation of how we live and behave. The service of...
by Rabbi Heidi Cohen | Sep 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
We began our quarantine on March 13. Many of us thought this might only be a couple of weeks, maybe a month until we could be back in person together. No one thought it would be 5 let alone 6 months or more. The freeways were eerily quiet and our computer screens were...
by Jodi Kaufman | Aug 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
HaNefesh: Breathing New Life into the High Holy Days Enjoy this inspirational video featuring Jewish thought leader Naomi Ackerman. Naomi Ackerman, the founder and executive director of The Advot Project is an experienced actress, consultant, and...
by Rabbi Heidi Cohen | Aug 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
High Holy Days 2020/5781 are going to be like nothing we have ever experienced. We are going to be “virtual” and with our new community, HaNefesh. These High Holy Days, we each bring our heart and soul forward to create our new year. We are blending together...
by Rabbi Heidi Cohen | Aug 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is our 8th issue of the HaNefesh and Jew By You Newsletters. It’s awesome to see how far we’ve come in the past two months. We have celebrated Shabbat, enjoyed Torah study, and sang out during Havdalah. We have mourned with the Fidel family and wish Mazal Tov to...
