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Atonement
Fasting, reflecting, and a series of sorries—all our Yom Kippur coverage
Ritual and Observance:
God and Uman: Joining the Breslovers—and my cousin—for Rosh Hashanah in Ukraine, by Marc Caplan
Shoes You Can Use: What to wear on Yom Kippur, when leather is banned, by Allison Hoffman
The Festive Meal: When Yom Kippur was a time to eat, drink, and be merry, by Eddy Portnoy
Pardon Me: My childhood bullying, and an attempt to atone for it , by David Rakoff
Dark Night: How technology killed the silent, empty Israeli Yom Kippur experience, by Liel Leibovitz
Yom Kippur: A Guide for the Perplexed: Everything you ever wanted to know about the Day of Atonement, by The Editors
Food:
Happy New Year: Advice from rabbis and a nutritionist on what to eat when you won’t be eating, by Marc Tracy
Music:
Melancholy Melody: Kol Nidre gets me every time, by Alexander Gelfand
Family:
How To Atone Like a Child: On Yom Kippur, kids will be kids, by Marjorie Ingall
Daily Sorries:
Apologies to the barrista, and to fellow commuters
That whole economic collapse? My bad.
He knows he shouldn’t make jokes about shul.
She wishes she weren’t so grumpy
And don’t forget our Rosh Hashanah roundup.
Ben-Gurion
The Tenth Man
The key to Christopher Hitchens wasn’t his iconoclasm; it was his desire for belonging—and the proof can be found in an unexpected place
Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
