Events
September 14
- Creating with the Moon: Rosh Chodesh Tishrei with K’Keshira haLev Fife, Jewish Studio Project
September 18
- Sweet New Year, Dulce Cultura (Denver), Jewtina y Co.
September 22
- Erev Rosh Hashanah with rabbi koach baruch frazier and K’Shoshana Akua Brown (Washington D.C.)
- Kaleidoscope Erev Rosh Hashanah Dinner and Kid’s Program, New Synagogue Project (Washington D.C.)
September 23
- Sweet Return, Dulce Cultura: A Rosh Hashanah & Latin Heritage Month Celebration (Los Angeles), Jewtina y Co.
- Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Tashlich with rabbi koach baruch frazier and K’Shoshana Akua Brown (Washington D.C.)
September 27
- Kaleidoscope & Queer Space Families Picnic, New Synagogue Project (Washington D.C.)
September 28
- If Only I Trusted: Psalm 27, The Poem of Uncertain Belief with Rabbi Sass Brown, Ammud
September 30
October 1
October 2
- Yom Kippur Neila & Break Fast with rabbi koach baruch frazier and K’Shoshana Akua Brown (Washington D.C.)
October 7
October 8
- Celebrate Sukkot for Jews of Color and their Families, Edlavich DCJCC and Ammud
October 12
Additional events:
- High Holiday Parasha Study, Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy
- September 21 with Rabbi Heather
- September 29 with Rabbi Heather
- September 30 with Rabbi Sass
- October 5 with Rabbi Heather
- October 8 with Rabbi Sass
- October 12 with Rabbi Heather
- October 15 with Rabbi Sass
Seder and Ceremony Guides
Jewtina y Co.’s Rosh Hashanah Seder: Jewtina Edition / El Seder de Rosh Hashaná: Edición Jewtina
In Generational Gratitude for Jewish Women of Color – Mikveh immersion ceremony
Jewtina y Co.’s Yom Kippur Guide / Guía de Yom Kipur
Jewtina y Co.’s Sukkot Guide / Guía de Sucot
Jewtina y Co.’s Simchat Torah/ Simjat Torá
Readings and More
High Holiday Safety for LGBTQ+ Jews of Color with Joshua Maxey, Keshet
Elul is Calling, by Rabbi Kelly Whitehead, 2025
Elul Preparations for a New Year, Jews of Color Sanctuary, 2024
Ammud’s Rosh Hashanah Learning Meditation Guide, 2024
Mixed Multitudes post on Synagogue Security: We All Want to Feel Safe During the High Holidays
Prayer for People, Peace and Planet, 5784, by Keshira ha Lev Fife
Keshet’s JOC Program Manager Sage Cassel-Rosenberg’s video, You belong in the Jewish community. Intolerance Doesn’t.
Rabbi Sandra Lawson’s Ten Days of Awe(Some), 5784 / 2023 : A High Holiday Playlist
For Black Jews, Policing Synagogues will Never be the Solution, 2022
Keshet Conversations: High Holiday Safety for LGBTQ+ Jews of Color with Joshua Maxey
Keshet’s Cultivating a Culture of Belonging: Guidance for Synagogue Greeters
Why I’m no longer avoiding synagogues as a Black Jew for the High Holidays, 2022
Sukkot, Justice and the AHUY Model, 2022
How to Make our Racial Equity Commitments Endure, by Dora Chen, T’ruah (2021)
Black, Jewish and Avoiding the Synagogue on the High Holy Days, September 2017
Being Black and Jewish during the High Holidays, September 2017
My High Holiday Prayer: Stop Exploiting Jews of Color, September 2018
During the Jewish High Holidays, there’s a growing awareness that not all U.S. Jews are white, September 2019
Jews of Color: Our Blind Spot, Rosh Hashanah September 2017
It’s Time for the Jewish Community to do Teshuva for its Treatment of Jews of Color, October 2019
Compilation of resources and articles about Rosh Hashanah and diverse Jews from Be’Chol Lashon
Ethiopian, Yemeni or Ashkenazi: Traditions Behind Rosh Hashanah Breads, September 2019
Ethiopian Rosh Hashanah Blends Unique Customs, September 2017
If you have other events or resources centering Jews of Color for the High Holy Days, please submit them using this form.