Print Issue: Confronting Personal Tragedy: A Rosh Hashanah Reflection | September 11, 2026
These are among the themes of Rosh Hashanah: Who will live and who will die? Who will suffer and who will prosper? And if I may add a couple of questions of my own: Who will be grateful and who will be ungrateful? Who will complain and who will create?
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