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Apr 26, 2022, 7:45 PM
Rabbi Leder: Please Resign and Advocate for a Woman Rabbi
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"Repentance, prayer, and righteousness avert the evil decree." I've struggled for years with this powerful piece of prayer from the u'netaneh tokef that we recite on Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur. The musical compositions written for it match and amplify the...
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Rabbi Hayim Herring, Ph.D., is a national thought leader, organizational consultant and author on the American Jewish community with a specialty in synagogue life. He is President & CEO of the Herring Consulting Network.