Posts Tagged: Yom Kippur
Jewish Allegiance to God After the Holocaust Has No Precedent
Jews across the world recently celebrated the start of their new year. Admittedly, we didn’t hit the bars the way that New Yorkers do on...
Israeli Tennis Player Quits Third Set of Shenzhen Open Quarter-Final Match, as Yom Kippur Falls in China
Israeli professional tennis player Dudi Sela quit in the third set of a Shenzhen Open quarter-final match on Friday, as Yom Kippur fell in China. The...
Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed, 2017
1. Yom Kippur is one of the six main annual Jewish fasting days: (a) The tenth day of the Jewish month of Tishrei is Yom Kippur, an annual...
This Yom Kippur, Ask ‘Who Am I?’
Our task on Yom Kippur is to spend time thinking about where we stand in this world: Who are we? What are we? Every year,...
How to Make Time for Judaism
The sound of the shofar has awakened our slumbering souls. The words of the rabbi's sermon have pierced our veil of spiritual complacency. Our individual and...
The High Holidays: A Time to Reflect
The month before the Days of Awe is the time to start thinking about our souls, rather than our politics. In the West, we have been...
10 Things That Happen During the Holidays — Only in Israel
1. Everyone wishes you a happy new year, easy fast and happy holiday -- just as they do for Christmas in the United States Seriously -- everyone and...
Advocating Bias Under the Cover of Tolerance
JNS.org -- I generally enjoy the camaraderie and communal spirit of my Reform synagogue. The Kol Nidre (Yom Kippur’s evening service) sermon, however, unexpectedly strayed into...
The Battle for Kapparot and Jewish Tradition
Over the past few months, animal rights activists in the United States have focused their attention on the pre-Yom Kippur custom of "kapparot." Here in Los...
The (Face)Book of Life
There is a story told about one of the rabbinical sages of the 19th century. Someone brought this rabbi a model of a telephone shortly after it...
This Yom Kippur, ‘Who Will Live and Who Will Die’ Is on the Minds of Israelis in Particular
The defining moment of Yom Kippur occurs when people in the synagogue chant the Unetanneh Tokef prayer: “How many will pass from the earth and...
We Should Be Grateful for Yom Kippur
In older times, no hours were more extraordinary than those just before the onset of Yom Kippur. These were times of intense religious upheaval in the human...
Resurrection: The Magic of Yom Kippur
Western forms of entertainment are massively preoccupied with dead bodies coming back to life. Popular horror films and TV series regurgitate this very weird fixation. And then...
A Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed, 2016
1. Yom Kippur is a day of hope and optimism, in addition to a solemn day of soul-searching. The Day of Atonement provides a unique awareness...
