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...days earlier, star economist Andrei N. Shleifer ’82 played host to Summers for a break-fast at his Newton home on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement—just three months after a federal judge found that Shleifer and a colleague had conspired to defraud the federal government, leaving Harvard liable for up to $34.8 million in damages. (Please see sidebar, below...
...don’t fancy myself a Sandy Koufax, refusing to play ball on Yom Kippur. But I’ve come to learn that simple traditions, even silly ones that don’t seem to make much sense, can add meaning to an often meaningless existence. At the very least, they can remind us that we are not alone...
...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...