The Rhythm of Jewish Life...Even Now, Even Virtual
A Purim Carnival and Spiel
A postponed naming for our smiley granddaughter
many miles away
A Bat Mitzvah
A Wedding
And then....
PANDEMIC
The closings began
Facebook live services
Morning Prayers, Blessings and a Psalm
Torah Study on Zoom
And since that worked...all this on Zoom:
Weekly Tanakh Study
Religious School gatherings
Board meetings
A Community Passover Seder recorded with local rabbis
A Virtual Congregational Second Night Passover Seder
Passover services
An Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah on its planned day, with a Torah scroll nearby
Last Day of Religious School with a Drive-by thank you
The Temple Annual Meeting
Friday night services with multiple readers
Erev Shavuot study
Shavuot Yizkor service
A baby naming for our smiley granddaughter from a distance
Two conversions
A Grand retirement event
One socially-distanced outdoor memorial gathering
And, behind the scenes:
A variety of webinars and classes in April, May and June
NewCAJE through all of July, with weekly Kumsitz sing-alongs
West-Coast Saturday sing-alongs once a month
This has been about
Keeping our rhythm
Of holidays, conferences, learning, and connection
What will happen
as the High Holy Days approach
As the time for the holidays of Sukkot and Simchat Torah draw near?
We will respond
With creativity
That will modify or replace the old mold
To fashion a new approach
That will serve
To unify
To inspire
To lead us through
With joy
With hope
And with the knowledge
That we are not alone.
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