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    The Story Behind NBC’s Historic Yom Kippur Broadcast on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    Seventy years ago, two marketing geniuses harnessed the power of mass media to bring Jews into the American mainstream

    byCharlotte Bonelli
  • Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend.
    Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend.
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    Vampire Weekend’s Latest Album Is Ezra Koenig’s Guide for the Perplexed

    On ‘Modern Vampires of the City,’ the frontman wrestles with Jewish questions, calling to mind a personal Kol Nidre

    byWayne Robins
  • Franz Rosenzweig as a young man in Goettingen, 1905
    Franz Rosenzweig as a young man in Goettingen, 1905
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    A Great Thinker Rediscovers His Judaism on the Day of Atonement

    Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig was set to convert to Christianity a century ago. Yom Kippur services changed his mind.

    byJames Winchell
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    Who by What?

    Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, U’netaneh Tokef: On Yom Kippur, finding redemption is a matter of laying down the right soundtrack

    byElizabeth Wurtzel
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    Yizkor, Book: On Yom Kippur, Offering a Blessing for the Life and Death of Books

    On Yom Kippur, a day of remembrance, offering a blessing for the life and death of books

    byJoshua Cohen
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    Confessional Notes

    An Israeli designer crafts an unorthodox ritual object for Yom Kippur

    byLen Small
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    Hunger Games

    How a current best-seller gets Yom Kippur shockingly right

    byMarjorie Ingall
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    Melancholy Melody

    Kol Nidre gets me every time

    byAlexander Gelfand
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