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Nathan Fielder in an episode of HBO's "The Rehearsal." (Photo/Courtesy HBO)
Posted inTV

How ‘The Rehearsal’ and ‘Rehearsals’ point the way to Yom Kippur

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz September 23, 2022September 28, 2022

Yom Kippur arrives at sundown Oct. 4, providing its annual opportunity for self-reflection and the reading of a list of sins that was scripted by someone else but that nonetheless […]

Rebekah Erev, co-founder of the Queer Mikveh Project, blows the shofar at the first QMP mikvah event at the Albany Bulb in Albany, California, in 2015. (Photo/JTA-Chani Bockwinkel)
Posted inTorah

Repentance: Don’t make it a big deal. Just look inward and say what’s right

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg September 23, 2022September 22, 2022
Luke Evans (left) and Bobby Cannavale in "Nine Perfect Strangers." (Photo/Vince Valitutti-Hulu)
Posted inTV & Film

Spending the High Holidays with ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ 

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz September 3, 2021September 3, 2021
Ari Sklar (left) and Ashton Sklar participate in a drive-in Yom Kippur service put on by Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in North Miami, Sept. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Posted inAct Two

Asking forgiveness year after year — it’s what we do

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 26, 2021
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

This Shabbat, ‘give ear’ to the calls of the prophets

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 25, 2020September 24, 2020
A 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Month of Elul: Repentance begins at home

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
(Photo/JTA-Ariel Skelley-Getty Images)
Posted inParenting

A working parent’s Yom Kippur apology

by Shira Zemel and JTA October 7, 2019October 7, 2019
The Unetaneh Tokef prayer in Mahzor Lev Shalem (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJewish Life

May the Days of Awe help us embrace what’s important

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein October 2, 2019September 27, 2019
Michael Cohen testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, Feb. 27, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Michael Cohen hasn’t earned my forgiveness

Nylah Burton by Nylah Burton March 1, 2019
(Photo/Wikimedia-Przemysław Wierzbowski CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inColumns

On cinnamon challah and forgiving myself for parenting missteps

by Nicki Gilbert September 27, 2017September 27, 2017

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