High Holiday Resources

These resources can be used by individuals and/or shared by organizations with their members.

Organizations can reference our media toolkit for images, draft social media posts and newsletter text to share. Our press release is also available online.

suggested readings

• On Brokenness and Becoming Whole in the New Year: How the Jewish Community is Confronting Mental Illness and Addiction
• Physical and Mental Health During the High Holy Days
• Elul
  • Elul 27: Extending a Hand
  • In Rehab, Discovering the Power of Elul
• Rosh Hashannah
  • Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die: Reflections on Mental Health for Rosh Hashannah
  • On Roshannah it is Written, On Yom Kippur it is Sealed
• Yom Kippur
  • 30 Days After Yom Kippur: Are We Still Sober? Lessons From Addiction Recovery
• Sermons
  • NAMI Rosh Hashannah Sermon
  • NAMI Yom Kippur Sermon

High Holiday Guide for Organization Leadership

This is a resource that can be used by organization leadership (clergy, staff, lay leaders) to help bring mental health into High Holiday remarks this year.

“Last year, while wearing a Blue Dove kippah at our Jewish High Holidays services, I spoke about the Blue Dove Foundation and discussed mental health, suicide and addiction for the first time in front of my congregation. Many people came up to me at the end of services; it was the first time in 23 years that people shared with me their mental health and addiction stories as well as speaking about the overdose deaths of children and family members. I’m glad I shared the resources and that I used the mi sheberach prayer for those in recovery.”

– Rabbi Larry Schuval, South Florida

ADDITIONAL JEWISH COMMUNITY HIGH HOLIDAY RESOURCES

highholidaysathome.com
Download a simple Rosh Hashanah Seder & Yom Kippur Guidebook or mix & match to create your own holiday gathering

herefor.com powered by OneTable
Created to help you design, organize, and engage your own networks and beyond, on your own terms. From Rosh Chodesh Elul through Simchat Torah, create, find, and connect over the holiday season.

HighHolyDays.org – Celebration, reflection, forgiveness, hope, community, stillness, appreciation.

2forSeder: In the Sukkah – Safely Fight Anti-Semitism from Home
2 for Seder: In the Sukkah focuses on the traditional values associated with the Jewish holiday Sukkot, encouraging hospitality, transition, and gratefulness. Simply set up a Sukkah (or your version of the Sukkah) and invite 2 friends of another faith to share a COVID-safe meal.  Start a dialogue!

Synagogue Connect – a truly global network of synagogues that have opened their doors to warmly welcome Jewish young adults 18-30 for High Holyday services with absolutely no requirement of membership affiliation. Think of Synagogue Connect as your Global Passport into the synagogue of your choice.