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Yom Kippur

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3 rabbis talk turkey as Biden prepares for annual pardon

What we can learn about justice and mercy from the annual forgiveness of fowl crimes

By Adam Kovac Nov 16, 2022 | 3 min read
Culture
How at least one Jewish baseball player has beaten the Koufax jinx and the Kol Nidre curse

Statistics prove that playing on the holiest day of the year can be problematic for some Jewish players — not so for Alex Bregman

By Howard M. Wasserman Oct 14, 2022 | 5 min read
Fast Forward
How concierge IV therapy went from Instagram trend to pre-Yom Kippur hydration hack

Some Jews who want to fast on Yom Kippur resort to IV hydration — often against doctors’ and rabbis’ advice

By Jackie Hajdenberg Oct 3, 2022 | 5 min read
Opinion
Does Jared Kushner know it’s almost Yom Kippur?

'Breaking History' is long on self-praise and short on atonement

By Rob Eshman Sep 30, 2022 | 4 min read
Opinion
This Yom Kippur, I want to forgive myself

After a lifetime of negative self-talk, it’s time to make amends to myself

By Nora Berman Sep 30, 2022 | 2 min read
Looking Forward
What you and I are repenting for this Yom Kippur

For the sins we committed by... holding grudges... ranting... mistrusting... and being impatient

By Jodi Rudoren Sep 30, 2022 | 5 min read
Opinion
Why I can’t stand hearing ‘a Jew is a Jew’

The phrase is meant to affirm Jewish belonging, but it conveys an invalidation of individual harm

By Tyler Samuels Sep 30, 2022 | 4 min read
Sports
Sandy Koufax wouldn’t play on Yom Kippur. Neither would another ace Jewish pitcher.

Ken Holtzman, who pitched for the Cubs and the A’s, had a longer career than Koufax, and more Yom Kippurs off the mound

By Frederic J. Frommer Sep 29, 2022 | 4 min read

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