For Jews, 9/11 and forgiveness go together. Why? Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar ("a Sabbath of Sabbaths," Leviticus 16:31), occurs just weeks after Sept. 11 each year. And Yom Kippur means "Day of Forgiveness." How might Jewish teachings about forgiveness add to Americans' remembrance of 9/11...
Posted March 16, 2011 | 03:22:46 (EST)
On Sunday, March 13, an Alaska Airlines flight from Mexico was met at the Los Angeles airport by fire crews, foam trucks, FBI agents, Transportation Security Administration personnel and police because three Orthodox men were praying on board with tefillin -- black leather boxes containing parchments with verses...
Posted September 9, 2011 | 14:08:55 (EST)