BROUS: So the fast on Yom Kippur is a 25-hour fast, and the reason that we fast on Yom Kippur is so that we can focus our attention fully on the spiritual work of that deep soul accounting that happens. As a Jew, I am absolutely horrified by the decision that the government of the state of Israel made in the spring of '25 to seal off the Gaza Strip and restrict all humanitarian aid and food. I think that there's been a kind of atrophying of our moral muscles in this time, and I see it in my own Jewish community, in which people have been so afraid because of potential harm and real harm that has come to Jews around the world that they've stopped speaking out when Israel's government behaves in ways that are fundamentally antithetical to our Jewish values.
Author: Ailsa Chang
Published at: 2025-09-30 21:23:40
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