It’s a tenet that is especially on my mind as we approach Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, on which Jews fast, pray and ask forgiveness of one another and of God. ![]() To answer the question, I turn to my religious tradition, which is predicated on the perhaps unfashionable belief that people can change. ![]() What I sometimes wonder - both in my role as a rabbi myself and as a denizen of our broader culture of accountability - is how my friend, or any one of us, can find a path back from shame to acceptance. ![]() We can’t see inside one another’s hearts, but I believe in the sincerity of his change. He spent a year working with a rabbi and a therapist, during which time he tried to track down those he had hurt and apologize to them, often more than once.
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