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After another heartbreaking year still without a permanent ceasefire but instead escalated Israeli military action in Gaza and with severe starvation and suffering gripping Gaza due to Israel's aid blockade, many of us are feeling disconnected from our home communities or even from Judaism as a whole. As we approach Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Rabbis for Ceasefire is here to support you in having a meaningful High Holidays experience.

This Open Communities High Holiday directory lists dozens of Jewish communities (congregations, havurahs, minyans), all of them eager to warmly welcome you, exactly as you are. These services represent a range of religious denominations and approaches to Israel/Palestine; some are affiliated with major Jewish movements and some are independent; some have large clergy teams and some are lay-led; some hold specific perspectives on Zionism and anti-Zionism and some have a range of progressive political orientations. We hope that the variety of offerings – national and international, in-person and virtual – will allow you to connect with services that suit your spiritual needs.

Additionally, we are encouraging everyone to give tzedakah this High Holidays to the Gaza Soup Kitchen. The cost of the Gaza Soup Kitchen’s operations is $15,000 per day to run seven kitchens throughout Gaza. Together we can ensure that the kitchens are functional every day of aseret yimei teshuvah, the ten days of repentance.

G’mar chatima tova — may we all be inscribed for life.