{"id":72,"date":"2010-09-17T14:47:42","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T14:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/religionandpubliclife\/2010\/09\/day-of-atonement.html"},"modified":"2010-09-17T14:47:42","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T14:47:42","slug":"day-of-atonement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/religionandpubliclife\/2010\/09\/day-of-atonement.html","title":{"rendered":"Day of Atonement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Al Chet<\/a>,
\nthe omnibus confessional prayer said repeatedly by worshipers during
\nYom Kippur, includes atonement for speaking ill of others and otherwise
\nnot controlling one’s tongue. In this regard, it’s good to note some
\nprominent members of my tribe acting on their need to repent. <\/p>\n

There’s the New Republic<\/i>‘s Martin Peretz, who made an on-line apology<\/a>
\nfor suggesting earlier this month that Muslims don’t merit the
\nprotection of the First Amendment. And there’s Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who has sent<\/a>
\na conciliatory letter to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak implying that
\nhe’s sorry for wishing death on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and
\nhis people a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Blogging is by definition the electronic antithesis of controlling one’s
\ntongue, and to apologize for it while doing it can only amount the sin
\nof insincere confession. But I do repent of any untrue or unfair words
\nI’ve written here and elsewhere over the past year, and ask your
\nforgiveness if I’ve offended or injured you by them. And may you all be
\nwritten in the Book of Life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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