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  • Our Misdeeds and Theirs: Rabbi Waskow Writes Again from the Hospital

    Once again, folks, it is Dr. Arthur Waskow who has captured the best of a Jewish spiritual response to days of repentance and self-examination. In the midst of his own pain, he is instructing us all on what self-reflection means, even when you may feel like lashing out at others.

    Our Misdeeds & Theirs — and the Middle East
    By Arthur Waskow

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    Written from Hahnemann Hospital, September 22/ 4 Tishrei:

    During these days between Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur, Jews are called on to reexamine our own actions — our “missings of the mark.” The emphasis is on OUR sins — not those of individuals alone, but of the community — and the sins of ourselves, not of other people, even our enemies. We are also called on not only to confess our misdeeds but CHANGE what we do.

    In that light, the Israeli government’s recent behavior flies in the

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