Troy: Prayers echoing in the heavens
“As the congregation prayed and as I considered how few of us nowadays are blessed with the opportunity to voice lyrics of spiritual beauty rather than raucous vulgarity at the top of our lungs. I wanted his prayer – our prayers – to resonate worldwide.”
A depressed cartoon horse captured the spirit of Yom Kippur
At BoJack Horseman‘s core lies one central question: How can a horrible person redeem himself? In this way, the show is a perfect complement to the seasonal reflection of Yom Kippur.
Rabbi Appel on Parashat Sukkot
Rabbi Julia Appel asks why we start building the sukkah right after Yom Kippur.
Horowitz: Resonances of Kol Nidrei
Kol Nidrei has a profound hold on Jews, well beyond what one would expect from the legalistic formula annulling vows. As Yom Kippur approaches, I like to reread a memoir written jointly by a husband and wife who survived the Shoah through different paths, each posing as Christians.
Milevsky: Repentance is in the hands of the Lord
It is useful, in practice if not in theory, to accept the notion that we cannot begin to change what we have done, at least not without beseeching God for assistance, for it undermines the idea that repentance is a simple process.
Lazar: Fasting – in diet and religion
Toronto writer Marilyn Lazar shares her thoughts on fasting on Yom Kippur and throughout the year.
The Shabbat Table – Good ways to break the fast!
In this week’s edition of The Shabbat Table, Norene Gilletz gives you quick and easy cheese-centric recipes for your post Yom Kippur meal.
Lootsteen: Next year in Jerusalem
There’s nothing quite like Yom Kippur in the Holy City, writes columnist Yair Lootsteen
Days of Awe
A resident at Baycrest Centre in Toronto in “thoughtful meditation” in the residence’s main synagogue, circa. 1970. Photograph from the National Film Board. (Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, fonds 14, series 8, file 4, item 6)
Marmur: Atoning for our collective, contemporary sins
Our challenge during these High Holidays, across denominational and ideological divides, is to do our utmost to make sure that Israel is alive and central to all Jews, wherever they may be.
