JTA illustration by Mollie Suss. Every few years I put out a call asking what people will be reading in preparation for the High Holidays, and usually one book tops the list: “This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation,” by the late Rabbi Alan Lew.
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Every few years, I ask what people are reading to prep for High Holidays, and one book tops the list: “This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared” by the late Rabbi Alan Lew.
At Jewish day schools in the Bay Area, security has long been top of mind. But with incidents like the shooting in Uvalde, comes a new challenge: helping students process horrifying current events.