Yom Kippur in Bangkok
I was the only American in the room and definitely the most clueless.
I was the only American in the room and definitely the most clueless.
Israel rearrested a Palestinian security prisoner who recovered from a 65-day hunger strike.
As we sit in synagogue or at home on Yom Kippur afternoon, trying — but often failing — not to look at the clock every five minutes, our stomachs grumbling, our mouths parched, our heads hurting, what may be most painful is that many of us don’t know why we’re “afflicting” ourselves, as the Torah commands.