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Detail from a 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
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Horoscopes for Elul: What will you run toward in the new year?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 18, 2023August 18, 2023

Elul 5783 Aug. 17-Sept. 15, 2023 Get ready to say goodbye to 5783, the “gimel” year, referring to the last letter in the Hebrew notation for 5783: tav-shin-peh-gimel. Gimel (ג), […]

Rebekah Erev, co-founder of the Queer Mikveh Project, blows the shofar at the first QMP mikvah event at the Albany Bulb in Albany, California, in 2015. (Photo/JTA-Chani Bockwinkel)
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Repentance: Don’t make it a big deal. Just look inward and say what’s right

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg September 23, 2022September 22, 2022
A mural memorializing George Floyd in Minneapolis by Xena Goldman, Cadex Herrera and Greta McLain. (Photo/Lorie Shaull vai Flickr)
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This week is Shabbat Shuvah — a time to practice creative discomfort

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan September 10, 2021September 10, 2021
Luke Evans (left) and Bobby Cannavale in "Nine Perfect Strangers." (Photo/Vince Valitutti-Hulu)
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Spending the High Holidays with ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ 

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz September 3, 2021September 3, 2021
Jon Grobman kneels with a rescue dog that he is training as part of Paws for Life K9 Rescue, a nonprofit that brings dogs into prisons like the one where Grobman was incarcerated for 13 years. (Image/JTA-Grace Yagel; Photo/Courtesy Grobman)
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He was sentenced to life in prison. Rescue dogs — and a rabbi — helped him find redemption.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA August 31, 2021August 31, 2021
A 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Month of Elul: Repentance begins at home

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
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A working parent’s Yom Kippur apology

by Shira Zemel and JTA October 7, 2019October 7, 2019
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With open hearts, we ask forgiveness and vow to do better

by J. Editorial Board October 3, 2019October 3, 2019

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