Jews baked matzo in the ghettos and observed Yom Kippur in the camps.” To cancel the high holidays now, he suggests, is a craven retreat from all that has preserved Judaism forever. Liebowitz writes that “Jews celebrated Shabbat in silence under the Inquisition, lighting candles in darkened basements even though the flickers of holy light could attract the penalty of death.
Is Canceling This Year’s High Holiday a Retreat From All That Has Preserved Judaism Forever?-įor our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion, we talk about the brouhaha over an essay in Tablet in which Liel Leibovitz takes American rabbis to task for being overly COVID cautious. What’s it augur?ĭo Israelis have anything to learn from the heartbreak in Afghanistan? (Because, you know, it’s always, at least a little, about us.)
We figured, we’d get a jump on the job, giving God a hand, and figure out what we did right and what we did wrong over the past year.ĭefense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meet on the down-low to talk about anything but peace. The Talmud says that on Rosh Hashanah God judges the deeds of all creatures over the prior year. Listen to the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
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