Posts Tagged: Days of Awe.
The High Holidays: A Time to Reflect
The month before the Days of Awe is the time to start thinking about our souls, rather than our politics. In the West, we have been...
Who, Me?
Another year has gone by. When I was young there was a popular folk, student song that referred to a Kentucky coal miner during the Depression....
Innocence of Religion
The pathetically incompetent film "Innocence of Muslims" has sparked off the usual and predictable riots and murder around Muslim streets and illustrates perfectly the cultural chasm...
Fear and Trembling: The Days of Awe and Israel’s Strike
They are called the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, these ten days from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kipur. But I would argue that the...
Elul: The Month of Return
During the Hebrew month of Elul, we blow the shofar every morning in synagogue. This ritual coheres with a general principle of Jewish law, namely...
It’s a New Year, Choose Life
Jewish Law tells us that upon meeting a friend whom you have not seen for 12 months, one is required to make the blessing, "Blessed...
