Rabbi Steve Gutow I was honored when Lauren asked me to give one of the three talks today—talks I have enjoyed greatly over the years given by others on Day 2. Part of the enjoyment was the fact that many…

Jennifer Gerber Where do we find hope and inspiration? Our daughter Julianna is a 10-year-old cutie-pie with dark hair, bright grey-green eyes, and the softest fair skin. She does not walk or talk, she eats though a tube in her…

Claire Ullman I don’t mean to brag, but I now have my own personal shofar. It lives inside my head. It took up residence inside me at the time of the presidential election. The actual shofar of the high holiday…

Dan Woods, November 11, 2018 The title of this talk is “Dan’s Crazy Judaism.” My goal is to explain how my journey to greater participation and engagement in Judaism has progressed. In short, I simply want to tell you what…

Seventeen years ago today – 9-11-2001 – I wake up at 6:30 a.m. in Tuscon to participate in a socially responsible investment conference.  As I get dressed, I turn on the TV, and see the image of a plane crashing…

Myra Zuckerbraun, 2018 We greet each other with wishes for a sweet year and hope for health and continuing in the book of life- perhaps masking the anxiety of the real work of our days of awe. The shofar sound…

Rachel Starr To be honest, I'm not great at listening to wake-up calls. When my alarm goes off in the morning, my hand instinctively reaches for the snooze button. Sometimes--usually--more than once. The shofar is a more visceral wake-up call--one…

Written and presented by Barbara Davidson When Rabbi Lauren asked me to speak about memory, I immediately thought of my father. My father, Charles David Ross, Charlie as he was known, died thirty years ago this coming Saturday, Shabbat-Yom Kippur,…