September 20, 2012 • Page Image 60
…arts & entertainment Good For The Soul Lawrence A. Hoffman Jewish Telegraphic Agency F ew prayers are as well known to Jews as Ashamnu ("We have sinned ...") and Al Chet ("For the sin ..:'), the twin confessions of Yom Kippur. Belief in human sinfulness is more cen- tral to Judaism than we think. Sin may not be "original," as it is in Christianity — inherited from Adam, that is, as a sort of genetic endowment ever after. But it is at leas...…

















































