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    On the Book of Jonah, and My Mother

    Trying to understand this baffling story, which we read on Yom Kippur, gave me insights into my mother’s death

    byIlana Bet-El
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    Taking the Lessons of Yom Kippur Beyond the Synagogue

    The Book of Jonah teaches us to reach beyond our own community with the holiday’s message—whether we are accepted or rejected

    byShmuel Herzfeld
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    (National Library of the Netherlands)
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    A Young Lawyer, Given a Revelation by God, at Sea About What To Do With It

    In Joshua Max Feldman’s entertaining debut novel ‘The Book of Jonah,’ Greed is Good meets Sept. 11

    byAdam Kirsch
  • The sanctuary of Congregation Beth Israel after Hurricane Katrina.
    The sanctuary of Congregation Beth Israel after Hurricane Katrina.
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    After Hurricane Katrina, A Solemn Yom Kippur

    In 2005, I spent Yom Kippur with Beth Israel Congregation in New Orleans

    byMenachem Butler
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    In the Story of Jonah, an Urgent Lesson About the Dangers of Solitary Confinement

    Isolation didn’t help Jonah find redemption inside the whale. It isn’t helping thousands of American prisoners today, either.

    byMargo Schlanger
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