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Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, 1878 painting by Maurycy Gotltlieb, in the artist's home town of Drohobych (Tel Aviv Museum of Art)
Yom Kippur in popular culture: nostalgia and other musings
“It was different with Papa. He celebrated all the major holidays — Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Pesach — and he loved telling me Bible stories, but religion didn’t have a very important place in his life. Once, during Mama’s illness, I asked him if he believed in God. He gazed at me with that tender…
By Lisa Goldman September 22, 2015
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