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'For the sins we have committed': Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world

JL;DR SUMMARY In the aftermath of the traumatic events of October 7 and Israel's military response in Gaza, there is a strong call for revising the Yom Kippur liturgy to reflect the current moral crisis. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Yom KippurTeshuvahGaza ConflictEthicsJewish ResponsibilityViduiLiturgical InnovationAl Chet PrayersCollective AccountabilitySpirituallity

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Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"A Palestinian girl searches for salvage in the rubble of a bombed high rise building, Gaza City, Sept. 6."

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