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rabbinic teachings alongside 
practical exercises for reflection 
to implement each day. 

5

Here All Along: Finding 
Meaning, Spirituality, 
and a Deeper Connection to 
Life — in Judaism (After 
Finally Choosing to Look 
There)
By Sarah Hurwitz 
Sarah Hurwitz only attended 
synagogue on Rosh Hashanah 
and Yom Kippur, until she saw 
an intro-to-Judaism class adver-
tisement after a bad breakup. 
Described by contemporary 
Jewish author Dara Horn as 
a “why-to guide” rather than 
a “how-to guide,
” Hurwitz 
compiled the most profound 
moments of her own Jewish 
journey of discovery into this 
book. If your Jewish new year 
resolution is to dig deeper into 
your Jewish identity and her-
itage, there’s no better time to 
read Here All Along.
6

To Heal a Fractured 
World: The Ethics of 
Responsibility
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
This book was not written spe-
cifically for the High Holidays, 
but Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ explo-
ration of our individual obli-
gations to ourselves, our loved 
ones, our communities and all 
of humankind is bound to res-
onate for those who are setting 
goals for the upcoming year and 
repenting for past wrongdoings. 

7

On Repentance And 
Repair: Making Amends 
in an Unapologetic World
By Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
In addition to authoring seven 
previous books, Rabbi Danya 
Ruttenberg regularly tweets 
nuggets of Jewish wisdom to 
her 160k+Twitter followers. 
In On Repentance and Repair, 
Ruttenberg goes back 1,000 

years to the Mishneh Torah, 
the Jewish law code that 
includes Maimonides’ detailed 
explanations for repenting, and 
helps the reader understand how 
Maimonides’ lessons remain 
more relevant than ever.
8

60 Days: A Spiritual 
Guide to the High 
Holidays
By Rabbi Simon Jacobson
The title 60 Days refers to 
the two months, Elul and 
Tishrei (the month that contains 
the holidays of Rosh Hashanah, 
Yom Kippur, Sukkot and 
Simchat Torah), for which this 
book offers spiritual guidance. 
Unlike the other titles on this 
list, 60 Days is spiral-bound and 
structured as a daily workbook 
for those two months. Each day 
includes a few readings, followed 
by thought exercises, writing 
prompts and ample space to 
catalog your journey through 
the end of Tishrei (about a week 
after the end of Sukkot). 
9

How Good Do We 
Have to Be? A New 
Understanding of Guilt 
and Forgiveness 
By Rabbi Harold Kushner
One of Yom Kippur’s most 
famous prayers, the Viddui, 
is an A-to-Z sampling of mis-
deeds. Leaning into confess-
ing and atoning can certainly 
be rewarding, but it can also 
riddle us with guilt over ways 
in which we hurt others or 
made the wrong choices. Enter 
Rabbi Harold Kushner’s book. 
Kushner begins by reframing 
the famous story of Adam and 
Eve’s disobedience as essential to 
their humanity and humanity as 
we know it today. How Good Do 
We Have To Be? offers a warm 
hand to hold as you go on the 
seasonal journey of acceptance, 
forgiveness and radical self-
compassion. 

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