A Bisl Rosh Hashana — Not Your Typical New Year

The useful part

Goals about lifestyle changes and resolving to do something different in the secular new year. Looking at the various ways we show up in this world—for each other, for ourselves, for God. Do we actively turn towards those we need, or in sometimes subconscious ways, do we turn away?

How it works

• We go outside and show the world that no matter the environment, we will express our Judaism with pride and joy.
• Crisis of Truth | October 2, 2026 October 1, 2026 An uproar over an article showing discrimination against Jewish and Israeli writers dramatizes how ideology and politics prevail over truth.
• It's to give them back the hours they spend being human copy machines, so they can spend those hours on the work only people can do.
• Simchat Torah October 1, 2026 Exclusive After-Party Crisis of Truth October 1, 2026 An uproar over an article showing discrimination against Jewish and Israeli writers dramatizes how ideology and politics...

What to take from it

Give a Child a Summer to Remember October 1, 2026 A Bisl Torah ~ Fragility Beckons Daily Courage October 1, 2026 Sukkot emphasizes that which we intrinsically know. October Seventh and the Reversal Caused by Sukkot October 1, 2026 The Antisemitism You Won't Hear About in the News October 1, 2026 Liat Cohen-Reeis, director of the Antisemitism Task Force at StandWithUs San Diego, has tried to bring local news media's attention to antisemitic incidents, but has encountered disinterest. When the final blasts of the shofar are heard, we will remember—it is never too late to mend our heart and renew our sacred purposes in this blessed world.

Example or evidence

• By Rabbi Nicole Guzik Published September 10, 2026 [additional-authors] Rabbi Nicole Guzik September 10, 2026 tomertu/Getty Images...
• She can be reached at her Facebook page at Rabbi Nicole Guzik or on Instagram @rabbiguzik.
• Ryan Torok You're Not a Bad Jewish Mom If Your Kid Wants Santa Claus to Come to Your House Marion Haberman No Labels:
• 7 Makes Me Grateful for the Secular Calendar David Suissa October 7th and the Secret of Simchat Torah Chaim Steinmetz Rabbis of LA | Rabbi's Heroic Friend Remembers Oct.

Details worth keeping

Resolving to be something different in the Jewish new year. At the heart of this season are relationships. Shevarim, one of the blasts of the Shofar, means brokenness.

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