Because we are Jews Yom Kippur, 2009

October 28, 2009

Delivered to the Congregation by Stuart Cohen, Kol Nidre 5770

Because we are Jews, we are here tonight. Something impels us to worship with our fellow Jews on this occasion. We may embrace it with enthusiasm, or we may not even be sure why we are here. Because we are Jews, we come, knowing that we belong. And being here honors our mothers and fathers and grandparents and all who came before us back into the dim corners of our collective past.