Repentance, professional-basketball style Some rabbis say it’s high time to forgive NBAer Meyers Leonard for an antisemitic slur. Alan Zeitlin Feb. 3, 2023
In Estonia’s miraculous Jewish rebirth, a Yom Kippur message of hope Often translated as “repentance,” teshuvah really means “return.” Alex Weisler Sept. 13, 2021
Can we forgive each other in the midst of a tribal culture war? At a time when Jews are supposed to look within and admit fault, too many of us are virtue signaling and delegitimizing our opponents. Can we stop? Jonathan S. Tobin Sept. 25, 2020
‘Yom Kippur’ Jews On the Day of Atonement, we reaffirm our commitment to the rest of the Jewish people. If only we could live up to it all year round, we would be a better and more Jewish society. Nadav Shragai Oct. 8, 2019
A society is measured by its capacity for forgiveness In effect, forgiveness and clemency are two sides of the same coin, and the very essence of humanity. Reuven Rivlin Oct. 8, 2019
Can you forgive your political foes? And can they forgive you? The religious obligation to account for one’s faults conflicts with the intolerant culture of the age of Trump, in which all opponents are demonized. Jonathan S. Tobin Sept. 27, 2019
Can a divided nation learn to forgive? The imperative to learn from our mistakes and make amends isn’t consistent with intolerance for and refusing to listen to opposing views. Jonathan S. Tobin Sept. 7, 2018
