'A Great Burden Was Lifted': A Father's Made-Up Day Of Forgiveness
Bernie Feldstein created "Amnesty Day," a tradition he started so his kids could confess anything without punishment. "I just wanted you to feel that you could share anything with me," he told them.
This week, Jewish people observed Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement.
Growing up in the 1960s, siblings Michael and Vickie Feldstein marked a different way to repent for their transgressions: Amnesty Day, which their dad, Bernie, had created.
At StoryCorps in 2011, Bernie tells them about that tradition he started in their Brooklyn household around forgiveness. A
