Reframing the Liturgy

TEXTS (YOM KIPPUR)

Connecting the Dots: The Basel 125th Conference and the Days of Awe (Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz): What the Viddui can teach us about 21st Century Zionism.

Tip the Scales (Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz): Examining U-netaneh Tokef in light of the COVID pandemic

Clay in the Potter’s Hands (Rabbi Joel Seltzer): Exploring Ki hinei ka-homer be-yad ha-yotzer

The Psychology of Our Prayers (Chancellor Emeritus Arnold Eisen): From the rhythmic chant of Ashamnu to the Lilting Refrain of Ki Anu Amekha

Yizkor: The Order of Giving (Chancellor Emeritus Ismar Schorsch): An explanation of the history and format of Yizkor

The Power of Prayer (Chancellor Emeritus Ismar Schorsch): The meaning of limiting the “severity of the decree” in U-netaneh Tokef

Crafting a Moral Compass (Dr. Ismar Schorsch)

Ne’ilah: Final Closing, or Not Quite? (Rabbi Samuel Barth)

NUSAH

Excerpts from Erev Yom Kippur
Nusah Presentation
Neal Taibel (CS ’24)
Program Notes

VIDEOS