For the ✡️ #HighHolidays
—if you belong to a congregation you love…enjoy!
If not, there are still many options.
Contact your favorite egalitarian, inclusive shul and see if you can take part in services—in person or virtually—for whatever you can pay without financial hardship.
THIS THREAD will list congregations and groups that offer equal-participation #HighHolidays services, in person and/or virtual, without set “ticket” prices—or at least with the option to give “another amount” (just send it in; no humiliating negotiations or discussion required).
In these times, who needs the tsuris? Not us!
(But enough of that argument. For now).
SOME congregations do it right: they offer access to services that reflect the best of Jewish values—the values we really want for our families and ourselves—on a “give what you can” basis.
Some congregations open all services—in person and virtual —on a freewill-offering basis; others, only their online version.
Some offer outright-free streaming of services.
The standard prayers/prayerbooks can be downloaded—for personal use only—from some congregations’
websites.
And there are still other possibilities.
Do it yourself.
Gather with family, friends, neighbors—or start a havurah by putting out the call on social media.
Gather in person and/or virtually.
Read through the prayers.
Daven along with onscreen services—in the company of others.
Below you will find many free and give-what-you-can options.
Listed here will be ONLY inclusive, egalitarian services/congregations—meaning, AT MINIMUM, all-gender participation in all study and worship; and LGBTQ/Jews-by-choice/all-ethnicities friendliness.
(And maybe more.)
AND listed here will be ONLY those offering at least a freewill-donation alternative to any fixed-price tickets.
With no further hurdle than checking the box for something like “or another amount”, and sending it in. (No humiliating interaction with an authority figure required!)
Below are some places to start your search.
Many more to follow; watch this space!
Feel free to add any other options you know.
(But ONLY those meeting the criteria above; we want ALTERNATIVES to “settling” for ultratraditional services or overextending ourselves financially.)
L’Shanah Tovah!
You might want to start your search by exploring some of these:
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE SERVICES also easily viewable at: jbstv.org (see schedule).
JUDAISM YOUR WAY
Inclusive-Participation and Inclusive-Liturgy Services—
In person (Denver, Colorado) and livestream!
Free; donations welcome judaismyourway.org/2022-high-holi…
Inclusive-Liturgy Machzorim—
for use with their services or for your home/havurah use
CBST is an LGBTQ+ synagogue for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
Our services are open to all, always free of charge. Your generous support makes this possible.
In-person and online services; Machzor available online
@_DR_NS_ @SketchesbyBoze known as the 'Flame Deluge', there was a violent backlash against the culture of advanced knowledge and technology that had led to the development of nuclear weapons. During this backlash, called the "Simplification", anyone of learning, and eventually anyone who could even read
@_DR_NS_ @SketchesbyBoze was likely to be killed by rampaging mobs, who proudly took on the name of'Simpletons'. Illiteracy became almost universal, and books were destroyed en masse."
@DBashIdeas Non-Orthodox congregations should offer--and publicize--free/low-priced Shabbat dinners, as Chabad and other Orthodox congregations do. (Especially on/near college campuses.)
People might like to experience that outside an Orthodox context--which they already know isn't for them.
@DBashIdeas There is no reason why Orthodoxy should be the default option for those who want to explore Judaism--and many reasons why it shouldn't.
For one thing, the Orthodox way isn't the only way.
Liberal Judaism is missing a great opportunity for outreach!
@DBashIdeas "[T]he anxiety surrounding continuity causes the community to let statistics drown out content, values, and ideology. Such is the case with the growing support within the mainstream Jewish establishment for Chabad’s activities on college campuses." newvoices.org/2008/09/25/001…
@Callingalldawgz @TheDejaKing @nickmmark But if EVERYONE specializes in high-tech, medicine, science, etc., who will study history, government, literature, philosophy, theology, psychology, etc.--to practice and/or teach those subjects? Who will do journalism? Who will study the subjects above, then go to law school?
@Callingalldawgz @TheDejaKing @nickmmark If EVERYBODY goes into STEM or a trade, and NOBODY studies the so-called "worthless" liberal arts and humanities, in 20 years we'll have a surplus of technicians and contractors--and a shortage of teachers, reporters, therapists, attorneys, judges, and wise leaders and managers.
@Callingalldawgz @TheDejaKing @nickmmark And what of arts and culture?
What of that "culture" conservatives say we should preserve?
Will NOBODY study and then pass down "Our Culture"?
Will NOBODY study or teach the arts?
Will NOBODY prepare to CREATE new culture?
Will we have no more culture--either "high" or popular?
SUPPORT MAGGIE’S CANCER JOURNEY: HOME REPAIRS & HOME HEALTH
Let’s help Maggie, as she battles both ovarian and rectal cancer. She's currently facing tremendous physical and emotional challenges, and we want to make her home a safe, clean, and comforting place for healing.
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Your support will help cover:
Critical home repairs and deep cleaning (needed ASAP)
In-home health care and maid services
Reliable transportation to and from doctor appointments
Any contribution—no matter the size—will make a real difference in her daily comfort and care.
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Thank you for your kindness, generosity, and support during this difficult time.
If you don’t like driving in “traffic”, why don’t YOU use mass transit?
“Congestion pricing” is an elitist scheme to PRICE RATION the use of our public roads.
In effect, it lets the rich pay $$ that THEY can easily afford—to buy their way out of sharing the road with us peons.
It’s a REgressive tax that hits working and middle class people hardest.
And yes, most of us DO have to drive—especially busy adults with work and family responsibilities to juggle on tight schedules.
How did people who call themselves “progressive” ever buy into this crap?
REAL progressives know that working/middle class people are tired of draconian measures that—whatever their ostensible purposes—impose extra hardships on those who are already struggling. Without even making a real dent in any actual problems.
AND WE VOTE! marxist.com/green-austerit…
“Now President-elect Donald Trump has tasked the Tesla and SpaceX CEO with eliminating waste from the federal government. In the new role, Musk will help direct policies on a wide range of issues and government bodies, including those that regulate his many business interests.”
“His companies have received ‘only’ tens of billions from government contracts and programs.
But in other ways, virtually all of his net worth can be pinned to government help. Tesla and SpaceX got started—and survived their early days—
with assistance from state and federal policies, government contracts and loans.
‘The foundation for Musk’s financial success has been the US government,’ said Daniel Ives, tech analyst for Wedbush Securities.”