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Selichot: Looking Back While Moving Forward
Selichot is a time for forgiveness. During Selichot we repent our sins to get ready for the up and coming New Year. This repentance starts on the Saturday before Rosh HaShanah, through the New Year, and ends at Yom Kippur.
Understanding Yom Kippur - Then and Now
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a concept I came to understand in my early adult years. But this was my understanding during my childhood:
When Soul and Sole Come Together
by Rabbi Elisa F. Koppel I’m not ashamed to admit it: I like shoes. I’m not quite obsessive about them, but I probably have more pairs of shoes than I need, and I’m always finding new ones – you know, the ones that would be perfect with that one outfit.
Fall Favorites: The Best of the Small Screen's Jewish Characters
Anti-Semitic Attack in Sweden
The S-Word (Or, Sequestration 101)
Poverty Persists
Poverty is a problem in America. This morning the Census released data on people living in poverty in 2011.
Featuring the RAC...
This post is part of a weekly feature on RACblog. Check in at the end of the week for a roundup of stories in which the RAC has been featured! This week we learned of attacks on U.S.
Rabbi Saperstein Submits Testimony on Hate Crimes
On August 6th, 2012 Wade Michael Page – identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as having ties to white supremacist and neo-Nazi organizations – open fired at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis