The High Holy Days are a time when we are enjoined to reflect on old behavior and look to new ideas, to reach out within and beyond our communities to find healing, not just for ourselves or the Jewish people, but for the entire world.
At rallies, a counter-conference and \”dialogue tents,\” opponents of the Durban III conference portrayed the U.N. proceedings as hypocritical and deeply flawed.
Pope Benedict XVI met with leaders of Germany\’s Jewish community while on a visit to his homeland.
Oscar Handlin, one of the foremost American historians of the 20th century, has died.
Yom Kippur, the fourth quarter of the High Holidays, is coming and time is running out. Our seats are waiting, the gates are closing.
The German fashion house Hugo Boss has apologized for mistreating forced labor at a uniform factory during World War II.
On his way to converting to Christianity, philosopher Franz Rosenzweig attended Yom Kippur services and was so moved that he decided to remain Jewish. One look at the most famous prayer for the occasion makes it hard to believe that he did not abandon Judaism all the quicker.
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