Religion – Page 171 – Prologue Journal

Yom Kippur: Being open to change

Jerusalem Post “To survive, Israel must always be prepared to defend itself,” writes President Isaac Herzog. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-760328

Why is Yom Kippur the happiest day of the year? – opinion

Jerusalem Post Barring an extreme sadomasochist personality, how could knowing one’s life is on the line make this day not only happy – but the happiest day of the year? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-760324

Keeping the echo alive: The last of Israel’s traditional shofar makers

Jerusalem Post Shimon Keinan is one of only a handful of people in Israel still making traditional shofars, and his factory receives over 14,000 visitors a year. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-760319

Kol Nidre: A light of Jewish survival for 600 years – opinion

Jerusalem Post For me, descending directly from the generations that had to make vows to another religion in order to survive, Kol Nidre became a beacon of light during a very dark time. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-760306

‘Who shall live, who shall die’: Matters of life and death on Yom Kippur

Jerusalem Post We live on a proverbial thread. Who will meet their Maker at their predetermined time? Who, before their appointed time? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-760286

Israel is cursed from within, but it could be turned into a blessing – opinion

Jerusalem Post My hope and prayer for this Yom Kippur is that we find a way to turn this curse of disunity into the blessing of unity. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-760288

Rare 3,800-year-old passageway and vault found in northern Israel

Jerusalem Post Archaeologists excavated a corbelled passageway and a large vault built of thousands of unfired mud bricks, the first example of corbelled architecture found in Israel. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760302

Ancient Roman mosaic reveals: Women wore bikinis as early as 1400 BC

Jerusalem Post While many think bikinis are a 20th-century invention, an ancient Sicilian mosaic shows that ancient Roman women wore them during sports. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-759801

Treasure estimated to be 1,400 years old discovered in Norwegian pagan temple

Jerusalem Post Three of the five were found where the temple’s wall once, and the other two were discovered in post holes. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760298

WATCH: Tens of thousands at Western Wall for final Slihot before Yom Kippur

Jerusalem Post Over two-million people took part in Slihot services at the Western Wall this year. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-760290