Louis Newman — The Refreshing Practice of Repentance

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On Being : Louis Newman — The Refreshing Practice of Repentance Image

Louis Newman — The Refreshing Practice of Repentance

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The High Holy Days create an annual ritual of repentance, both individual and collective. Louis Newman, who has explored repentance as an ethicist and a person in recovery, opens this up as a refreshing practice for every life, even beyond the lifetime of those to whom we would make amends.