tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post8308147717780372499..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Yom KippurLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-87819246457204171472009-10-01T22:20:24.445-04:002009-10-01T22:20:24.445-04:00jewishness is an ethnicity as well as religion. ex...jewishness is an ethnicity as well as religion. explicitly. jews self-conceptualize as a nation. reform jews rejected this in the 19th century, but re-accepted it in the 20th.Razib Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09555115542918519593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-71434431270430846812009-09-28T22:28:10.412-04:002009-09-28T22:28:10.412-04:00It seems a bit strange to be wishing happy Yom Kip...<i>It seems a bit strange to be wishing happy Yom Kippur on a day devoted to atonement but I'm told this is appropriate for an atheist or other goya.</i><br /><br />Back when I lived in Israel, and Yom Kippur actually meant something, it was one of the best days of the year for kids. They closed down all the roads to cars and we could bicycle or skate down the highways. So, it's not at all inappropriate.LostMarbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123440130769897997noreply@blogger.com