Word: yom
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...Today is Yom Hashoah, the Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day. Never again, today we shall say, never again. But unless we find a solution, perhaps we ought to say: again and again, and again...
...organized religion was an oxymoron. How could a hierarchical institution be a vehicle for transcendence? I shocked my AP English class when I wrote a biting two-page satire in rhymed iambic pentameter about how hypocritical the high holidays were. Nonetheless, I chose to fast and attend services on Yom Kippur. The ritual made me think about the world’s hunger. It cleared my head. I was touched by the communal confession of sin (I couldn’t help comparisons to that other religion’s mode of confession) and the final prayers...
...believe in worshipping and fighting for what Samwise Gamgee (another spiritual figure in my life) tells Frodo is “the good in this world.” I love my favorite holidays—Passover and Yom Kippur, and still feel moved when I celebrate them. I believe in holding our finer instincts in reverence. But these days, I’m happy to leave religion to the religious right...
...tried, with limited success, to explain that in many Catholic countries Good Friday was a somber day, during which people will be in church—“It’s like the Christian Yom Kippur.” I don’t think, though, that he understood; it was difficult to convey the idea of a sober, purely religious holiday, when we are so accustomed to secular ones. And I guess I could see where he was coming from: it’s pleasant to imagine Costa Ricans heading, en masse, to the beach, pleasant...
...Until the [Yom] Kippur War in 1973, Israel was fighting for its life. Its main challenge was survival...