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Commentary: This Rosh Hashana, let’s commit to repairing the injuries of injustice

Thousands of Jewish pilgrims attend the Selichot prayers at the Western Wall Judaism holy site in the Old City in Jerusalem on Sept. 6, 2021, ahead of the Jewish High Holiday Rosh Hashana.

All around the world, in preparation for the High Holy Days, Jews are doing the inner spiritual work right now of cheshbon hanefesh, or accounting of the soul. This typically entails examining ourselves for all our moral failures and ethical shortcomings and planning how we might do better in the new Jewish year to come.

This kind of practice isn’t unique to the Jewish community. We all in one way or another look to improve ourselves and our

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