Pre-Ne’ilah Guest Speaker Bruce Feiler

About this episode

At first blush, Bruce Feiler might seem like a curious choice for the climactic close of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of our year. After all, Yom Kippur is Judaism’s most ritual-intensive day. We fast, pray, confess, reflect, seek forgiveness, and immerse ourselves in practices that have shaped Jewish life for centuries.Why, then, invite a speaker whose newest book, A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World—and How It Can Save Us, explores the creation of new rituals for life’s modern transitions?A bestselling author and one of America’s leading thinkers on family, faith, and meaning, Bruce Feiler began this project after he and his wife, Linda, dropped off their twin daughters at…