Religion News, along with its very useful daily online summary of religious developments, also posts some longer texts deemed to be interesting by the editors. On October 27, 2014, it published the full text of a sermon preached on the eve of Yom Kippur (October 3) by Will Berkovitz, a Conservative rabbi in Seattle. It makes for startling reading. I wonder how the congregation reacted to it.
The sermon begins by reiterating that on Yom Kippur we recount our sins, big or small, both against other people and against God, whom we ask for forgiveness. Nothing startling thus far. But then comes a wrenching cry from the heart:
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