Spending the Jewish New Year with a saint and a cardinal.(VIEWPOINT)(Viewpoint essay)

National Catholic Reporter | September 28, 2007| | Copyright

It may sound odd to some that I will be celebrating the Jewish High Holidays with two Catholic heroes, even more so given that both are deceased. Each has inspired me and guided my spiritual growth and that is why I will have their teachings open alongside the traditional holiday liturgy I will recite in my synagogue. And nothing could be more in the spirit of the holiday.

The Jewish New Year is actually a celebration of the birth of all humanity. To be sure, it marks the first day of the first month in the Jewish calendar, but that was not always the case. It took ...

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