For years we hosted a big break fast with lots of friends. I would cook for days and put out a spread for all my starving guests enhanced by all the delicious foods my friends made. The babies would … more

Certain events get stuck in people’s brains. They are so significant that people remember what took place, where they were, and the first thought they had when they learned the news. … more

I magine a very important project in which you were once involved. It could have been at work, in school, or in your personal life. You gave it your all. You used all the resources at your command, … more

Yom Kippur’s Kol Nidre payers is an enigma wrapped in a mystery, perhaps the strangest text ever to capture the religious imagination. First, it is not a prayer at all. It is not even a … more

If you would have collected a group of world-renowned military strategists on Yom Kippur in 1973 and asked them, at 4 pm Israel time, for a prognosis on the status of the events unfolding on the … more

In describing the Yom Kippur service, the Torah tells us that “with this shall Aharon enter the Holy, with a bull that is ben bakar as a sin offering, and a ram as a burnt offering.” … more

The dust has not settled because the pain still runs deep. The barbarism of that day, when infants, siblings and parents were brutally slaughtered, is a tragedy that many have … more

On Oct. 7, 2023, thousands of Hamas terrorists invaded Israel. Their mission was to wipe out the Jewish population in the nearby towns, secure them and use them as forward operating bases for the … more

The first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacres in southern Israel adds yet another sacred date to a calendar already filled with those devoted to mourning tragedies in Jewish history. But the … more

Personal note from the editor at Yom Kippur more