CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? Life's hard. Being a Jew isn't easy either. So, I will simply excerpt this finish of this article up front: It is Yom Kippur. It is time to lay anger aside. It is time, as the prayers of both Orthodoxy and Reform specify, to shelve slander, scorn, ridicule, and baseless hatred. It is Yom Kippur. It is time to let Jews be Jews. It is time to recognize that Judaism itself is changing - even Orthodox Judaism. It is time to let individuals be alone with their God, and, at least this one day of the year, to accord that relationship the respect it deserves. Jews who hate Reform Jews By Bradley Burston The Scene: A spinning class at a smartly appointed gym at a kibbutz in the Judean Hills, a few days before Yom Kippur. The instructor has yet to arrive. "We have a minyan, we can begin anyway," says one member of the class. "Wait," says another, astride his exercise bike. "Women aren't counted in a minyan." "Refor...
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