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Tonight is Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, which begins just before sundown. And as a Harvard student, you can take notice of it--whether you are Jewish...
Tonight, if last year's numbers repeat themselves, approximately 3,200 people will attend services on Harvard's campus. The first twist that college adds to Yom Kippur is that in college, there is no separation between individuals' public and private lives. In the real world--that is, any situation in which the people with whom we live and those with whom we work are not the same--those with whom we live generally lead the same lifestyle that we do, while the people we work with...
...three communities will be holding services this morning and regularly until Yom Kippur...
...also remember exactly where I was when I heard--and so, I imagine, do all of you. It was Oct. 2, 1995 and I was in a taxi with a classmate on the way to Logan Airport to fly home for Yom Kippur. As we were chatting in the back-seat, we all of a sudden heard a newscaster's voice emerging out of the static fuzz of the cab driver's radio: "Once again ladies and gentlemen, the verdict in the O.J. Simpson case--not guilty...
...from their homeland, and to this very day, observant Jews continue to face Jerusalem as they pray three times daily. The city has remained a symbol of hope for Jews living in oppressive regimes in countless countries over the ages. Just last week, Jews in the Diaspora concluded the Yom Kippur services with the traditional closing song "Next Year in Jerusalem." Using such terms as the "Judaization of Jerusalem" is clearly an attempt upon the part of Arafat to return to the faculty and regressive claims of the Palestinians that Jews have colonized their land. This, surprisingly, comes after Arafat...