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or the first time in the vast majority of our lifetimes, most of us will ‘attend’ High Holiday services by watching computer screens, tablets, televisions, and perhaps
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even our phones. While these strange circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic will impact practically every synagogue and temple across the globe, here in Tidewater, it is clear that our congregations have met the challenge and are all offering full schedules of services, learning, and events—with most taking place virtually. A detailed list of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur service times begins on page 18. Our rabbis and cantors and synagogue staff have become experts in digital platforms and programs and our congregational lay leaders have taken on new roles as delivery drivers and innovative program developers and implementors. It is inspiring to see the creative and spiritual activity taking place. Not in this section, but on page 7, an article by Lisa Richmon tells the story. A return to a ‘normal life’ and being with immediate family members are just two examples of what some in Jewish Tidewater say they are looking forward to for Rosh Hashanah and the start of their New Year. Fay Silverman says she looks “forward to a world of kindness and consideration, of understanding and empathy, of civil responsibility and justice. But mostly, I look forward to a sweet year.” (Fay, I hope you get your wish!) Read Fay’s and the others’ beginning on page 14. It is customary for many congregations to conduct food drives at Yom Kippur. This year, it will be difficult to do the same. Jewish Family Service reminds us that people in Tidewater will continue to struggle to put food on their tables, COVID-19 or not. JFS needs everyone’s support so that they may help feed those in our community who are hungry. Page 21. There’s more—including a primer on Rosh Hashanah words and phrases. Who knew? All of us at Jewish News wish you and your families a New Year filled with health, peace, and happiness. L’Shanah Tovah Tikatevu!
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5781/2020: When prayers for a sweet ‘new’ year started early and ended late Lisa Richmon
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hen it comes to praying for a sweet New Year, this community is in overtime. Since Pandemic 2020 hijacked every aspect of life and living in March, synagogues have been immersed in the overnight challenge of implementing ways to touch members without physical contact. With no official pandemic end date from the “Immunology Gods,” it’s equally challenging for individuals and families to plan ahead—but not impossible to think about the future. With a slight twist on Rosh Hashanah, some of the members of Jewish Tidewater learned to look forward to the arrival of ‘tomorrow,’ just by being grateful for today.
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he Konikoff Center for Learning at the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater wants to hear the voices of our community. Each month, KCL invites you to
submit reactions and thoughts to a question that will connect a Jewish month, holiday, or tradition. The Jewish month of Tishrei is filled with meaningful holidays. Each has its own set of rituals and customs. Some holidays are somber and serious, others are a time of joyous celebration. Together, these holidays mark the beginning of the new year and serve as a source of inspiration and connection. During the month of Tishrei, we continuously fill a deep well with inspiration that we will draw from when we need to gather strength, courage, or hope in the remaining months of the year. Question: Where will you find inspiration this year? Email your responses to Sierra Lautman, director of Jewish Innovation, at SLautman@ujft.org. Select responses will be featured in a future issue of the Jewish News.
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s the holidays approach, I’m thinking about what I am most looking forward to in the New Year. I do not think I am different than anyone else. We have been missing so much the past months. We all want more laughter and hugs. I yearn to spend time with family and friends—I especially miss squeezing my grandson. I look forward to having friends over for dinner parties and not being worried to eat out at our favorite restaurants. I look forward to going on trips, flying on planes, and visiting new places. I look forward to visiting my sister in Hawaii, my cousins in Florida, my friends and family in Europe and Israel, and especially my son in Maryland and my grandson in Texas (have I said it enough?). I look forward to a world Fay Silverman and her grandson. of kindness and consideration, of understanding and empathy, of civil responsibility and justice. But mostly, I look forward to a sweet year.
David and Alex Calliott
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oing over to my grandparents’ house and all of us sitting around the table, drinking wine, eating delicious food, and discussing what we are looking forward to in the New Year. We always have a fun time when we get together, with lots of stories and warm conversation.
Tal Feldman
T Check your inbox for the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Konikoff Center for Learning newsletter that includes opportunities to celebrate and connect within the community and beyond. If you would like to sign up for the newsletter, email Sierra Lautman, UJFT director of Jewish Innovation, at SLautman@ujft.org.
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he thing I am most looking forward to this year is that the virus will go away and we will all go back to our normal life. David Calliott, wife Alex and baby Luca. I just miss spending time with my mother-in-law and having the option to travel and visit my family without having issues or something to stop me from doing that. I do feel like things will get better this year, so I’m staying positive!
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ith children attending three separate schools with three sets of rules to keep them safe, we pray that our children and Jews around the world embrace their new beginnings to grow and to thrive. Having witnessed G-d’s ability to change the entire Ely, Chamie, Moshe, Akiva, Chava, Minna and Rabbi Haber. world, we pray for a year of positive change for all of mankind. Wishing everyone a beautiful and sweet year.
Rita Frank
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rom the earliest time I can remember, the fall religious holidays have been about relationships and connection, the sharing with family and friends of holiday rituals both within the synagogue and within our homes. It was a time to appreciate what we had, repair what we could, and think about how we could make things better in the future. This year presents a challenge for me. How to do what I have always done, but now socially isolated and separated from family and friends except through a virtual lens? I have not completely solved this problem, but I have decided to reach out through writing
to all those I hold dear. I am planning to write personal letters to those who have made my life so blessed and expressing my gratitude to them, telling them by remembered shared events what they have meant to me in my life. Quieting myself, I will focus again on relationship and connection but in a deeper, more mindful, way.
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his year I am most looking forward to sharing meaningful times with my children while they are still so young and full of imagination. Since unfortunately we will not have our normal High Holiday service routine at OST, we will host family and friends at our home and on the beach. My children, Layla and Major, always love setting the table scape for the “kids table” by gathering pomegranates and figs from our neighbors’ yards—so with the extra time on our hands, this New Year will be all-hands-on-deck to incorporate new and old traditions.
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Amy and Mark Metzger,
s the year 5781 approaches we are comforted by Major, and Layla. our continued good fortune. Our three children are all in healthy, happy relationships, and we are excited to have the simcha of our daughter getting married. Chag Sameach!
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Must-know Rosh Hashanah words and phrases MJL Staff
(My Jewish Learning via JTA)—Here are some important Hebrew words and terms you may encounter over the High Holiday season, which starts with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on the evening of September 18. Akedah Pronounced (Brianna Soukup/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) ah-keh-DAH. Literally “bind- Rosalee Lamm, right, shows her daughters how to toss their ing,” the Akedah refers to the pieces of bread into the water for Tashlich alongside their father, Toby Rzepka, at Jewell Falls in Portland, Maine, Sept. 10, 2018. biblical story of the binding of Isaac, which is traditionally its function as a signal horn of war. read on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. Tashlich (also Tashlich) Pronounced Chag sameach Pronounced KHAG TAHSH-likh. Literally “cast away,” sah-MAY-akh. Literally “happy holiday,” a Tashlich is a ceremony observed on common greeting on Rosh Hashanah and the afternoon of the first day of Rosh other Jewish holidays. Hashanah in which sins are symbolically Elul Pronounced el-OOL (oo as in cast away into a natural body of water. food). The final month of the Jewish The term and custom are derived from a calendar, it is designated as a time of verse in the Book of Micah (Micah 7:19). reflection, introspection and repentance. Teshuvah (also teshuva) Pronounced Het (also chet) Pronounced KHET tih-SHOO-vuh. Literally “return,” teshu(short e). Sin, or wrongdoing. vah is often translated as “repentance.” It L’shana tovah u’metukah is one of the central themes and spiritual Pronounced l’shah-NAH toe-VAH oohcomponents of the High Holidays. meh-too-KAH. A Hebrew greeting for the Tishrei Pronounced TISH-ray. The High Holiday season that means “For a first month in the Hebrew calendar, during good and sweet year.” which Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Mahzor (also machzor) Pronounced Sukkot all occur. MAHKH-zohr. Literally “cycle,” the Tzom Ka Pronounced TZOHM mahzor is the special prayer book for the KAHL. This greeting for Yom Kippur (and High Holidays containing all the special other Jewish fast days) means “may you High Holiday liturgy. have any easy fast.” Selichot (also Selihot) Pronounced Unetaneh Tokef Pronounced oohslee-KHOTE. Literally “forgivenesses,” nuh-TAH-neh TOH-keff. Literally “we selichot are prayers for forgiveness. shall ascribe,” a religious poem recited Selichot refers to two related types of penduring the Musaf (additional service) itential prayers. The first are the prayers Amidah that is meant to strike fear in us. that are customarily recited daily at mornYamim Noraim Pronounced yahing services during the month of Elul. MEEM nohr-ah-EEM. Literally “Days of This is also the name of the service that Awe,” a term that refers to the High takes place late at night on the Saturday Holiday season. Sometimes it is used to preceding Rosh Hashanah and consists of refer to the 10 days from Rosh Hashanah a longer series of these penitential prayers. through Yom Kippur, which are also Shofar Pronounced shoh-FAR or known as the Aseret Yimei Teshuva, or SHOH-far (rhymes with “so far”). The the 10 Days of Repentance. ram’s horn that is sounded during the Yom Tov Pronounced YOHM TOHV month of Elul, on Rosh Hashanah and at or YON-tiff. This is a general term for the the end of Yom Kippur. It is mentioned major Jewish festivals. numerous times in the Bible in reference to its ceremonial use in the Temple and to
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anna join Daveed Diggs, Idina Menzel, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for High Holidays worship? The Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., has a way — virtually. The synagogue/arts and entertainment center, which has hosted dozens of Jewish celebrities in the past 15 years, has launched its “You In A Pew” fundraiser in which members and others can pay $36 to have a photo of themselves placed next to a cardboard cutout of one of the famous folks, like the trio noted above. The pews will be shown during livestreams of virtual Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go to pay for the production of the services. “We miss seeing your face around Sixth & I,” the synagogue said in an Instagram post announcing the program. “Although this year isn’t quite what many of us pictured, a picture of you in our sanctuary during the High Holidays would help us feel more connected to you at a time when we especially want to be together. You might even see yourself on screen sharing a prayerbook with Matisyahu.” (JTA)
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High Holiday Services in Jewish Tidewater 5781 For information on reservations, cemetery visitations, remote access to weekday services and learning opportunities, email office@bnaiisrael.org. Rabbi Sender Haber can be reached at rsh@bnaiisrael.org
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Beth Sholom Village
www.bethsholomvillage.com 757-420-2512 In-person services for Beth Sholom Village residents only. Residents will be appropriately socially distanced apart, with two services per day to accommodate all residents in a safe manner. Unfortunately, this year BSV is unable to welcome family and friends to services and hopes to be back together again next year.
Chabad Lubavitch of Tidewater/Chabad House
www.chabadoftidewater.com Rabbi Levi Brashevitzky’s cell: 757-513-3663 All in-person services and meals are tentative and limited in space in accordance with COVID19 guidelines. Attendance is by confirmed RSVP to rabbilevi@chabadoftidewater.com. RSVP by: Wednesday, September 16 for all Rosh Hashanah services and meals. Friday, September 25 for all Yom Kippur services.
B’nai Israel Congregation www.bnaiisrael.org 757-627-7358 High Holiday Services strictly by reservation.
L' Shanah Tovah!
Wednesday, September 30 for all Sukkot services and meals. Wednesday, October 7 for all Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah services and meals. Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 18 Light Candles: 6:49 pm Evening Services: 7 pm Community Dinner: 8:30 pm Saturday, September 19 Morning Services: 10 am Evening Services: 6:45 pm Light Candles after 7:44 pm Community Dinner: 8:30pm Sunday, September 20 Morning Services: 10 am Mini Shofar services outside: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm, 5 pm and 6 pm
Ohef Sholom wishes you a Happy & Healthy New Year! • • • • •
Join us for streamed High Holiday services. Special virtual interactive services and activity packets for children. Adult study sessions. Visit ohefsholom.org/high-holidays for dates and times. All are welcome!
Founded in 1844, Ohef Sholom Temple is the oldest Reform Congregation in Tidewater. Call (757) 625-4295 for more information or go to ohefsholom.org. • Religious School • Family Programming • Toddler & Infant Activites
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Mincha & Tashlich Service: 5:30 pm Evening Services: 7:40 pm Holiday Ends at 7:43 pm Yom Kippur Sunday, September 27 Kaparot Morning Services: 8 am Afternoon Service: 3:30 pm Light Candles at 6:36 pm Kol Nidrei Services: 6:45 pm Fast Begins at 6:50 pm Monday, September 28 Morning Services: 10 am Yizkor Memorial Service: 12:30 pm Mincha followed by Ne’ilah Closing Service: 5 pm Fast Ends at 7:30 pm Followed by light refreshments
Congregation Beth Chaverim
Temple.Office@bethchaverim.com Jim Hibberd, Soloist Chad A. Bornstein, president, 757-477-3585 High Holiday services will be led by guest Rabbi Leah Cohen-Tennenbaum and soloist Jim Hibberd, via zoom only. For information or reservations, contact temple.office@bethchaverim.com. Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 18 Erev Service: 8 pm Saturday, September 19 Service: 10:30 am Yom Kippur Sunday, September 27 Kol Nidrei: 8 pm Monday, September 28 Service: 10:30 am Discussion with Rabbi Leah CohenTennenbaum: 3 pm Yizkor memorial and concluding Services: 4:30 pm
Rosh Hashanah Congregation Beth El
www.bethelnorfolk.com 757-625-7821 All services will be virtual, online streaming, and via Zoom. Links will be emailed prior to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 18 Erev: 5:45 pm Saturday, September 19 Morning: 9:30 am Sunday, September 20 Morning: 9:30 am Evening: 7 pm Mincha/Ma’ariv: 7 pm Yom Kippur Sunday, September 27 Kol Nidre: 6:30 pm Monday, September 28 Morning: 9 am There will be a break of 1½ hrs after the Torah service has ended. Another, longer break will take place after Avodah, Martyrology and Yizkor. Mincha and Ne’ilah: 5 pm Ma’ariv and Shofar: 7:30 pm
Ohef Sholom Temple
www.ohefsholom.org 757-625-4295 For information on watching services, email information@ohefsholom.org. Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 18 Erev: 7 pm, via Livestream Saturday, September 19 Children’s Service: 9:15–10 am, via Livestream Service: 10:30 am, via Livestream Yom Kippur Sunday, September 27 Kol Nidre: 7 pm, via Livestream Monday, September 28 Children’s Service: 9:15–10 am, via Livestream Service: 10:30 am, via Livestream Afternoon Study Sessions: Teshuvah and Compassion with Kitty Wolf, via Zoom: 12:30–1:30 pm
The Book of Jonah: Life Lessons on Arrogance, Humility, Judgement and Compassion with Barb Gelb, via Zoom: 1:45–2:45 pm Teshuvah, Forgiveness, and the Promise of Social Justice: Readings from the Talmud to Emmanuel Levinas with Dr. David Metzger, via Zoom, 3–4 pm Memorial and Concluding Services: via Livestream, 4:15 pm
Temple Emanuel
Family Service: 10 am Sunday, September 20 Services: 9 am Yom Kippur Sunday, September 27 Kol Nidrei: 6:30 pm, Zoom password required Monday, September 28 Services: 9 am, Zoom password required Family Service: 10 am Mincha & Ne’ilah: 5:15 pm
www.tevb.org/hhh 757-428-2591 Information on virtual High Holiday services, family programming, and accompanying online inspiration can be accessed via the High Holiday Hub: www.tevb.org/hhh. Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 18 Services: 6:30 pm Saturday, September 19 Services: 9 am, Zoom password required
Kehillat Bet Hamidrash Kempsville Conservative Synagogue
kbhsynagogue.org 757-495-8510 The very limited seating is already full, but those wanting to attend via ZOOM can request access by emailing kbhsynagogue@gmail.com. Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 18 Ma’ariv: 6:30 pm Saturday, September 19 Services: 9:30 am Mincha & Ma’ariv: 6 pm Sunday, September 20 Services: 9:30 am Wednesday, September 23 Yizkor Services: 7 pm Yom Kippur Sunday, September 27 Candle Lighting at KBH: 6:35 pm Kol Nidre: 6:45 pm Monday, September 28 Services: 9:30 am Mincha and Ne’ilah: 6 pm
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templeisraelva.org 757-489-4550 Live stream link and zoom information at www.templeisraelva.org. Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 18 Services: 6 pm Saturday, September 19 Services: 9:30 am–12:30 pm Junior Congregation: 10:30–11:20 am Services: 6–6:50 pm Sunday, September 20 Services: 9:30 am–12:30 pm Services: 6–6:50 pm Yom Kippur Sunday, September 27 Minchah/Kol Nidre 6:30–8:45 pm Monday, September 28 Services: 9:30 am–1 pm Junior Congregation: 10:30–11:20 am Minchah: 5–5:50 pm Ne’ilah, Ma’ariv and Shofar: 6–7:15 pm
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Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 18 Services: 8 pm Saturday, September 19 Services: 10:30 am Yom Kippur Sunday, September 27 Services: 8 pm Monday, September 28 Services: 10:30 am Memorial and Concluding: 4 pm
Tidewater Chavurah
www.tidewaterchavurah.com All services to be held via Zoom. Invitations for the Zoom links will be sent to those who request them. Prayer books will be delivered to all who register for services. For information, contact Betsy at 757‑495-0730 or bblank18@verizon.net. Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 18 Rosh Hashanah seder: 7 pm Saturday, September 19 Services: 10 am Yom Kippur Sunday, September 27 Kol Nidrei: 7 pm Monday, September 28 Morning Service: 10:30 am Ne’ilah: 6 pm
Tel Aviv synagogues get go-ahead to hold High Holiday services in public spaces Marcy Oster
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Tel Aviv is trying to make sure that worshippers can attend High Holiday services during the pandemic in a city known as the secular capital of Israel. The Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality said it would allow synagogues to extend into public spaces as part of its effort to facilitate public prayer services hampered by restrictions on public gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Its announcement said the city also would offer logistical assistance, including
access to electricity, providing shade and distributing chairs for worshippers, as well as pre-holiday shofar-blowing courses. There are 450 synagogues located within the borders of the municipality, with 150 in municipal buildings. “The right to prayer and religious gatherings is fundamental, and everything will be done in order to permit tens of thousands of worshipers to carry out the holiday commandments—even under the health restrictions,” Mayor Ron Huldai said in a statement.
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Food donations needed—even without traditional High Holiday Services Susan Graves
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he 2020 High Holidays will be quite different this year due to COVID-19. Most people will attend services virtually, instead of in-person with their congregations. The blast of the shofar will awaken congregants from computer speakers instead of from a seat in the sanctuary. And, the number of loved ones gathered around the table for a festive holiday meal will be much smaller than in previous years. What will not be different will be the number of people in Tidewater that are still struggling to put food on their table. This year the need for food is even greater with numerous local children not physically in school to receive their subsidized breakfasts or lunches and families continuing to deal with financial struggles due to unemployment or reduced work
hours. In past years, many area temples and synagogues have supported the Jewish Family Service food pantries through their High Holiday food drives. But this year, with most buildings closed, there will not be bins available to collect food on Yom Kippur. JFS counts on the High Holiday food drive to stock the pantries’ shelves. There is a solution. This year, consider dropping off non-perishable foods in the box in front of the Sandler Family Campus. Frozen foods can be left at the Campus security desk. The box accepts food 24/7! The JFS food pantries are always in need of boxes of cereal, canned fruits, pasta and pasta sauce, canned proteins, soups, snack foods, and condiments. Don’t let this year be different—continue to support the JFS food pantries.
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Blow shofar sparingly and outside, Dutch rabbis warn worshippers AMSTERDAM (JTA)—The shofar should only be blown sparingly and outside this year because of the coronavirus, Dutch rabbis said. The advisory on the blowing of the ram’s horn ahead, a core practice associated with the upcoming celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, came from the Dutch Conference of Rabbis, or NCRZ, the country’s highest Orthodox rabbinical body. Rabbis “should consider inviting congregations to go out to the synagogue’s yard and blow the shofar there, outside the actual building,” the advisory read. It also recommends blowing the shofar
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outside people’s homes if they cannot attend synagogue services, which are limited to a few dozen people because of the virus. The Organization of Jewish Communities in the Netherlands, or NIK, asked the Conference of Rabbis to consider the issue ahead of the start of the Hebrew month of Elul, which began on August 21 this year. It is customary to blow the shofar daily throughout Elul, though this is “by no means required,” the advisory said. Hearing the shofar blown on Rosh Hashanah itself, which begins this year on Sept. 19, is considered a religious obligation.
Ex-Obama health official gives a Rosh Hashanah pep talk on dealing with coronavirus Shira Hanau
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s the High Holidays approach, Jews across the country are preparing for a Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur like none they’ve ever experienced. Andy Slavitt, a former Obama administration official who ran Medicare and Medicaid from 2015 to 2017, wants to encourage his fellow Jews to look on the bright side. “This is a year for maximum creativity,” Slavitt said in a conversation with Leah Jones, host of the Finding Favorites podcast and the president of her Chicago synagogue. Slavitt, an outspoken critic of the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic who hosts his own podcast on the pandemic—In the Bubble With Andy Slavitt—emphasized that the main job for synagogues this year is to protect their elderly members who are most at risk of dying from the coronavirus. “When I say use creativity, don’t lose the spirit of what makes the holiday special,” he said.
Jones asked Slavitt to give Jewish listeners a pep talk as they contemplate a High Holiday season without in-person synagogue gatherings. “It’s undeniable that we’ve made the right choice, but it’s hard to deny people the chance to pray together,” Jones said. Slavitt encouraged synagogues to reinvent rituals and consider in-person gatherings held outdoors. He mentioned the Kaddish, the memorial prayer, as having a particular resonance this year and as a way to commemorate those who have died in the pandemic. “Find those special touch points,” he said. “Replace every negative with a positive so if you can’t do an X, don’t just say let’s feel deprived, say let’s do Y instead of X.” Most synagogues across the country have been closed since stay-at-home orders were imposed across the country in March. While many Orthodox synagogues are planning to hold in-person services this year, most Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist synagogues this year will conduct High Holiday services over Zoom or other livestreaming platforms. (JTA)