A catalog of calamities is central to the liturgy of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish High Holidays. We Jews are asked to imagine ourselves perched on the precipice of life and death. Nothing frames it as starkly as “Unetaneh Tokef,” the roll call of ruin enumerating various disasters that might befall us in
What does "Who by water?" mean to a Ukrainian woman whose home was destroyed when a dam burst? What does "Who by fire?" mean to someone whose home was damaged in war?
Unetaneh Tokef, the High Holidays roll call of ruin, is heartbreakingly real for the Ukrainian Jews I ve gotten to know jta.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jta.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.