High Holiday Reading
Momento Mori
Tablet Magazine
The author shares their connection between a diagnosis, Yom Kippur ritual, and openly pondering death.
5 minute read
High Holiday Grief and Yizkor
Recustom, formerly known as Haggadot.com
A customizable and downloadable pamphlet with rituals, poetry, prayers, and more - all focused on the high holidays and Yizkor. This was created in partnership with Shomer Collective.
What Have I Learned About Death?
Jewish Journal
A written sermon for Yom Kippur by Rabbi Steve Leder. He buys his burial plot, and shares ten things he’s learned about death.
9 minute read
A Dress Rehearsal for our Deaths
The New York Times
An Op-Ed sharing the theme of Yom Kippur with the masses from a personal, casual point-of-view.
3 minute read
Remembering Souls on the Other Side
Jewish Sacred Aging
Rabbi Simcha Raphael shares a story of how grief occupies his personal family history, and highlights Yizkor as a meaningful ritual through which that grief is accessed.
4 minute read
The author shares their journey of tentativeness to appreciation of a strange app called WeCroak, whose sole purpose is to remind the user of death.
When Death Pings
The Atlantic
5 minute read
The Four Yizkors: Grief and Memory Hold Hands
Rabbi Jen Gubitz, ritualwell
A poetically written piece about the interweaving of the Jewish High Holy Days and our communal structures for grief and loss.
5 minute read
Grieving the Earth: Spiritual Technology of Yom Kippur
Reboot, rebooting.com
An article tying together Yom Kippur, grief, and climate crisis.
3 minute read
Our Annual Encounter with Death
The Times of Israel Blog
A written Yom Kippur sermon by Rabbi Joshua Stanton, where he envisions his funeral and invites us to do the same.
There is also a video version of this sermon.
10 minute read