Rabbi Yael Werber on Kol Nidre:
“Why else are we here except to say that even with all the problems of the Jewish people, even with all the ways we haven’t yet reached our full potential or full inclusivity, even with all the ways that Judaism makes us crazy and breaks our hearts and causes us to question, hinenu hinenu hinenu, we’re still here and we will continue to show up and try to take that shape. Shaky first step.”
CRRI Tzvi Silver on Yom Kippur:
“Our rituals are the tools we have for when it’s time to turn a hospital room or a refugee camp or a prison into a temple.”
CRRI Leo Linder on Yom Kippur:
“Don’t you want the world to be better? Isn’t there some ember of goodness in every person and every society that deserves to be fanned into a flame? And why are you sleeping? Get up, call to your God, and then let’s get to work.”
Cantor Sam Rosen, Music Director Joyce Rosenzweig, the CBST Community Chorus, Adria Benjamin on Viola, and Barabra Freedman on percussion performing El Nora Alilah on Yom Kippur.