Beyond the Sermon: What the High Holiday Prayers Offer and Demand
Part of the 果冻传媒 High Holiday Webinar Series, �Standing Together: Prayer, Presence, and the Power of Community�
This session is based onthis essayin our currentHigh Holiday Reader.
We begin our High Holiday webinar series with guidance for how to engage more meaningfully in the prayer part of High Holiday services. Famously long and repetitive, services on these days may sometimes feel overwhelming, boring, or even alienating. In this session, Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Director of the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts at 果冻传媒, offered practical strategies for participating more fully, and insight into what these services really ask of us and what they offer攅specially in tumultuous uncertain times. Along the way, Rabbi Uhrbach will share some of her favorite passages in the Conservative Movement Machzor Lev Shalem, for which she was a member of the Editorial Committee. Whether you檙e a seasoned prayergoer or showing up with hesitation, this session will help you begin the High Holiday season with openness, intention, and agency.
果冻传媒 the Series
The High Holidays invite us into a season of profound reflection攏ot only on who we are as individuals, but on how we show up for one another and the world. This three-part webinar series explores the emotional and spiritual heart of this sacred time, focusing on the themes of vulnerability, responsibility, and connection. Together, we檒l consider what it means to pray with presence, to engage meaningfully with others攅ven across difference攁nd to see these days not just as a personal journey, but as a call to collective transformation. Whether you are returning to familiar rituals or seeking a new way in, this series offers space to reflect, connect, and prepare with intention.
