Yom Kippur

On October 6, 1973, the Yom Kippur war broke out between a coalition of Arab states and Israel. At 6 A.M. …

It was a rainy Yom Kippur day when I pulled up into the parking lot of a reform temple in the Atlanta area. This was a temple where my husband and I got married. Ten years later, we renewed our vows here in front of family and friends. A couple…

By Adina Bernstein Every religion has its own formal way of asking for forgiveness of our sins. In Judaism, the High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) are two of the most important days of the Jewish calendar. …

Originally delivered on Yom Kippur 5782 at the Princeton Jewish Center Five years ago, in 2016, the CBS Evening News ran a heartwarming story about forgiveness. Their reporter traveled to southwest Michigan, to a small town called Benton Harbor on the shore of Lake Michigan. Jameel McGee told the reporter…

I am an African American Christian woman who participated in Yom Kippur this year. I unplugged from the world beginning at sunset Wednesday, September 16, to sunset Thursday. Two friends had interesting responses to my choice. One commented on how wonderful the world would be if repentance and forgiveness were…

Here’s a thought: have you ever felt very inspired and uplifted by a great spiritual experience only to have real life wipe out any memory of it rather quickly? A newborn baby, moments after birth, is taken by a midwife and wrapped up in a swaddling cloth. This serves to…

I am an African American Christian woman who participated in Yom Kippur this year. I unplugged from the world beginning at sunset Wednesday, September 16, to sunset Thursday. Two friends had interesting responses to my choice. One commented on how wonderful the world would be if repentance and forgiveness were…