Yom Kippur
Objet d’art
On “The Shepherdess (after Millet)” by Vincent van Gogh
On “The Shepherdess (after Millet)” by Vincent van Gogh
Noa Rosenberg
Jonah the Prophet as a modern artist
On “Embroidered Letter” by artist Leor Grady
On “Embroidered Letter” by artist Leor Grady
Dalit Matityahu
The Yemenites of the Sea of Galilee
On “Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur” by Maurycy Gottlieb
On “Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur” by Maurycy Gottlieb
Sophia Berry Lifschitz
The Last Gottlieb
Lectures
Looking at Yom Kippur as an opportunity for letting go and for construction
Looking at Yom Kippur as an opportunity for letting go and for construction
Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz
And if We are Given the Azure Again
On the perception of the holy day in the stories of Agnon
On the perception of the holy day in the stories of Agnon
Prof. Ariel Hirshfeld
S.Y. Agnon’s Yom Kippur Stories
On forgiveness and madness in two medieval liturgies
On forgiveness and madness in two medieval liturgies
Dr. Ariel Zinder
Sorry, are you crazy?
Poems of Penitence and Peace; A Quartet of Classic English Poems to celebrate Holidays in a Time of Pandemic
Poems of Penitence and Peace; A Quartet of Classic English Poems to celebrate Holidays in a Time of Pandemic
Rabbi Dr. David Ebner
Yom Kippur on a Rooftop: Bridging the journey
Yom Kippur as an opportunity to zoom in on the spaces closest to us
Yom Kippur as an opportunity to zoom in on the spaces closest to us
Rabbi Elhanan Nir
Do not hide from your own flesh
Mercy and Prophecy
Mercy and Prophecy
Prof. Yair Zakovitch
Jonah – Mercy and Prophecy
The return of forgiveness to the legal world
The return of forgiveness to the legal world
Prof. Yuval Elbashan, Adv
The right to be forgiven, the freedom to forgive
On the Jewish start-up of cancellation of vows
On the Jewish start-up of cancellation of vows
פרופ' אביגדור שנאן
On the riddle of Kol Nidrei
The musician and the poet talk about Yom Kippur in the work of Leonard Cohen
The musician and the poet talk about Yom Kippur in the work of Leonard Cohen
Shlomi Shaban and Amichai Chasson
Who by Fire?
Wrapped in a Talit, we are not alone
Wrapped in a Talit, we are not alone
Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum
On the threshold of Yom Kippur
Essays
Amichai Chasson explains how Shai Agnon’s book found itself in the prayer canon for the Days of Awe
Amichai Chasson explains how Shai Agnon’s book found itself in the prayer canon for the Days of Awe
Amichai Chasson
A simple story
In order to compensate for the fear that what’s done cannot be undone, forgiveness cannot be part of the automatic motion of life
In order to compensate for the fear that what’s done cannot be undone, forgiveness cannot be part of the automatic motion of life
Forgiveness is child’s play
Ariel Seri-Levy reviews the various meanings of forgiveness
Ariel Seri-Levy reviews the various meanings of forgiveness
Ariel Seri-Levy
Back to the Bible
Piyyutim
The great Moroccan paytan of today, with a repeating melody in a new hue
The great Moroccan paytan of today, with a repeating melody in a new hue
Akiva Sygal
Rabbi Haim Louk and the Piyyut Ensemble of the Ben Zvi Institute – Your Gates Open at My Knocking
The words “soul music” are probably the most accurate description for this piyyut
The words “soul music” are probably the most accurate description for this piyyut