Keep Jews Interesting: Stop Being Defined by Anti-Semitism

Of all the days in the Jewish year, Yom Kippur is the time when Jews seem drawn, either by obligation or guilt, to gather with other Jews and mark a day in which all appear to be equal. In contrast, Rosh Hashanah is a day of accountability and teshuva and thus all are not equal; some are better, some are worse, some repent, and some don't. But Yom Kippur, as a day of atonement, it is about purification not rectification, as the Talmud teaches "the day itself atones." As such, it offers an opportunity to think more carefully about things which are often troubling, and it should enable to us explore how we put the world together and how we, as a Jewish community, understand where we are in this moment.