Paganism
Column: Of Apologies and Eagles
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This coming Friday and Saturday will mark the most sacred of yearly Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur. As a child, I remember my mother explaining that Yom Kippur was “a day to atone for our sins.” Having grown up only culturally Jewish, I stared back blankly. A what? Sin? She eventually clarified by saying, “It is a day to say you’re sorry.” That I understood. In a recent Huffington Post article, lawyer Diane Danois contemplates the words “I am sorry” in relation to her Jewish faith.