Yom Kippur

Every year, I do my best to engage with the process of teshuvah (repentance) during the High Holidays. A few weeks ...

There’s an old joke about a rabbi, a priest, and a minister. The three leaders are speaking on a panel ...

The majesty and transcendence of the High Holidays are behind us. Rosh Hashanah with its coronation of God and Yom ...

At the end of the Day of Atonement we petition: “Breathe into me of Your spirit, and I will live ...

On Yom Kippur, we atone; on Yom Kippur, may we be at one. From South to North, East to West, Jews ...

That’s not something you hear all the time, especially on the day leading into Yom Kippur, perhaps the most G*d ...

Our friends at The Canteen shared an Orthodox Rabbi’s hopes and prayers for LGBTQ children. Rabbi Avi Orlow, the Director of Jewish ...

As I prepare for Yom Kippur, I have been giving some thought to all of my and our collective sins. ...

Yom Kippur conjures solemnity and foreboding for many Jews. Ritual fasting, abstinence, penitence, and rehearsing for death evolved as core ...

Making the holiday meaningful when you didn't grow up with it.

“Are you going to fast on Yom Kippur?” “Are you going to try not to eat until chatzot, midday?” These ...

I think about the nature and concept of forgiveness literally on a daily basis. As a lawyer, my practice consists ...