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From denial to recognition: There is no ‘humane’ occupation
As Israelis, as Jews, as human beings, we must confront the daily reality that takes place throughout the occupied territories. And in doing so, we must face ourselves. By Frima (Merphie) Bubis As we began building our sukkot, the Yom Kippur reading from the Book of Jonah echoed in my head: “How can you be sleeping…
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October 8, 2017
Seeing the ‘other’ on Yom Kippur, in Jerusalem
On Yom Kippur in 1967, the Year of Forgetting, I put on my dark holiday clothes and walked to the Old City of Jerusalem. For a long time I stood in front of an Arab’s hole-in-the-wall shop, not far from the Damascus Gate, a shop with buttons and zippers and spools of thread in every…
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Orly Noy
October 11, 2016
Yom Kippur in popular culture: nostalgia and other musings
“It was different with Papa. He celebrated all the major holidays — Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Pesach — and he loved telling me Bible stories, but religion didn’t have a very important place in his life. Once, during Mama’s illness, I asked him if he believed in God. He gazed at me with that tender…
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Lisa Goldman
September 22, 2015
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Regrets but never an apology: When the IDF makes ‘mistakes’
For Jews, Yom Kippur is a time to ask forgiveness from those one has harmed during the course of the year. The Israeli army has a hard time with the concept of saying it is sorry or asking forgiveness. Regretful? Sure. Sorry? Not when the victim is Palestinian. By Noam Rotem Ma’amoun al-Dam was 12…
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September 22, 2015
Between Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha: Navigating stone-throwing with Waze
Tensions in Israel are increasing as the Jewish fast and the Muslim feast are set to take place on the same day. But should Muslims give up their holiday joy just to ensure that Jews are not disturbed? (Translated from Hebrew by Sol Salbe) Once every 33 years it happens: Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha, the…
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Samah Salaime
October 2, 2014
WATCH: This land belongs to me. And you. And them. Oh, and those guys
Growing up and living in Jewish towns in Israel (Haifa, Ra’anana, Tel Aviv, Givatayim and now Bat Yam), my Yom Kippurs were always of the quiet kind. Silent streets, clean air and kids riding bikes. But on this Kippur, I ventured into Jaffa and saw another world. Maybe the real world? It was noisy as…
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Ami Kaufman
October 7, 2012
In the ghetto of self-righteousness and self-pity
From attacks on our site to talking points for rabbis: thoughts for the Jewish New Year. So it’s that time of year again, when Gerald Steinberg writes an article about us. Steinberg, the head of a right-wing organization called NGO Monitor, has been using +972 (along with a few of other organizations) as tools in…
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Noam Sheizaf
September 25, 2012
WATCH: Atonements and Apologies, 5773
Every year around this time – the Jewish High Holy Days – I send out a note of reflection. This year, I’ve made use of my resources and friends and put the whole thing to video! However, if you are still inclined to read, here is the text… Hello and Shana Tova. A Happy New…
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Roee Ruttenberg
September 25, 2012
1,000 Jews gather at Wall St. for #occupy-yomkippur Kol Nidre
When new media activist Daniel Sieradski, a.k.a. the Orthodox Anarchist, a.k.a. @mobius1ski , suggested having an ad hoc Kol Nidre minyan on Wall Street, in solidarity with the Occupied Wall Street movement, he wondered if he would succeed in attracting 20 participants (an egalitarian minyan of 10 men and 10 women). To his amazement, over…
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Lisa Goldman
October 7, 2011
Atonements and Apologies, 5772
The text below is something that I share with many wonderful people in my global network of friends, colleagues and loved ones. This year, I thought it appropriate to post it to my virtual network, as well. Dear friends, And so another year has passed. And so another cycle has ended, even as a new…
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Roee Ruttenberg
October 7, 2011
Thoughts about a suicide, life and Yom Kippur
André died the day before Rosh Hashana. He wasn’t Jewish, but an American of Hispanic descent, born Catholic; although he delighted in displaying insider knowledge of the tribe. I found out about his death on Facebook. It was a terrible déjà vu. About two years ago a childhood friend who had reconnected with me on…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
October 7, 2011
Forgive me father for I know not what I do
Netanyahu’s Pravda – also known as Yisrael Hayom in some circles – let some public figures ask for forgiveness and repent on their paper ahead of Yom Kippur. I’ve chosen my three “favorites”. The activist Here’s what Arieh Eldad, a right wing extremist member of Knesset, had to say: “I’d like to ask forgiveness from…
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Ami Kaufman
September 17, 2010
Holiday spirit (Ari Miller)
Yom Kippur, my favorite Israeli holiday, is here. While rooted in that archaic construct called Judaism, Yom Kippur is as secular as Chinese food and a movie on Christmas. That’s Christmas in America and Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv. As a kid I would spend the holiday in somber observance, fasting, with my head in…
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September 17, 2010
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