We might compare Jonah’s point of view to that of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a messianic religious Zionist who has called for “total annihilation” in Gaza, saying, “They are to be ...

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Why do we read the Book of Jonah on Yom Kippur? Commentators — predictably — differ. But I believe one crucial reason is because of the book’s warning against dehumanizing others in the course of ...

In the Jewish calendar, the holiest day of the year is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement—Oct. 2 this year. It is a fast day. Observant Jews eat and drink nothing between twilight on the eve of Yom ...