A Life Worth Living
As Yom Kippur approaches, Bruce Black's poem touches on the simple power of a humble and earnest request for forgiveness.
The Silence That Makes Us Responsible An Essay in Ethical-Liturgical Hermeneutics
In this essay, Fernando de Beer considers ideas of morality and ethics underlying the Unetaneh Tokef prayer.
Jeremiah Lockwood’s New Cantorial Blues Album, Kol Nidre, is a Yom Kippur Dream
Hillel Broder reviews the latest release from Jeremiah Lockwood.
Before Erev Yom Kippur
In this poem, Mel Waldman considers life and its tribulations over coffee.
“Like a Fleeting Dream”: U-netaneh Tokef, Dreams, and the Meaning of the High Holy...
Man’s actions—even those that seem fleeting and insignificant—can have an impact, positive or negative. Oren Oppenheim explores themes of u-Netaneh Tokef
Jonah Never Repents: That Is the Point The Bible’s Radical Case for Human Agency
Marina Zilbergerts explores the idea that Jonah does not repent in his Biblical narrative, instead emphasizing the value of human agency.
Unetanneh Tokef: Shrouding Hope in a Vision of Judgment
Yaakov Weinstein describes how a message of hope is hidden amidst the judgement of Unetanneh Tokef
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