The month of Tammuz begins a spiritually intense and emotionally charged time in the Jewish calendar. While the secular world enjoys the warmth of summer, Jewish tradition draws our attention to a different kind of heat—the burning memory of destruction, uprooting, and the long road of return. Tammuz ushers in the "Three Weeks,"

At the beginning of October, our community prepares for the holiest day of the Jewish calendar - Yom Kippur...