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21 April, 2010
Ontario Provincial Parliament, Holocaust Memorial Day, April 21, 2010 Ms. Cheri DiNovo (NDP): "I'm here to honour the members from Yad Vashem who are sitting in the gallery and who are here to ... | Yom Kippur Primer
21 September, 2009
Everything you always wanted to know about apologies but were afraid to ask
By Dave Gordon
As the ... | Everything to know about saying you’re sorry
21 September, 2009
Jewish tradition for millennia has held that the 10 days preceding
Yom Kippur be used as a special time to apologize and reconcile with
one’s fellow. The sages have discussed kosher apologies ... | Madoff and his court apology – an exercise in show
29 June, 2009
Bernard Madoff tried to apologize to his
victims before being sentenced for 150 years in prison for his elaborate
decades-long Ponzi Scheme, that bilked untold numbers of victims of $50 billio... | Governor Sanford’s Non-Apologetic Apology
28 June, 2009
A litany of apologies have appeared
in the news lately. From David Letterman’s bad joke about Sarah Palin’s
daughter, to Minister Raitt’s remarks about the sexiness of nuclear isotopes,
t... | Talk Show Hosts Apologize ?
13 June, 2009
What if a joke, not delivered in a
mean-spirited manner, has offended people? Is an apology necessary? That was
the predicament with Don Imus and his infamous “nappy headed hoes” line in
Ap... | Catholic school board sorry for spending scandals
7 May, 2009
Trustees of the
Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) apologized to taxpayers on May 6
for a year of spending scandals that involved twelve trustees who spent $30,000 on personal ... | THE WEEK IN APOLOGIES, APRIL 26-30
30 April, 2009
I hope to make this a weekly
feature on my website, to expose the good, bad, and ugly of apologies in the
news. The contents this week are slavery-slipping Rep. Dr. Rob Schaaf,
hit-and-ru... | British PM Brown Apologizes – But for What?
20 April, 2009
If person A wrongs person B, should person C apologize for person A’s actions? It
is meritorious for a state leader to apologize for his country’s past
wrongs, or holds his political party accountab... | Forgiveness in genocide's aftermath (book reviews)
16 March, 2009
The slaughter lasted for 100 days in the spring of 1994. Some 800,000
Rwandan Tutsis and moderate Hutus were murdered — neighbours, friends,
classmates.
Lay Germans often said they did not kno... | The non-story about the Pope, and the non-apology from the Bishop
2 February, 2009
The story about Pope Benedict XVI
reinstating an anti-Semitic Bishop, Richard Williamson, has had time to
develop over the past week or two. Jewish community spokespeople
weighed in on the move, an... | A Yom Kippur parsha - Parshah Vayelech
4 October, 2008
A recent television show called “My Name Is Earl,” has the main
character make a list of everyone he’s wronged in his life, as he
visits each of them to make amends. In certain episodes, he be... | John Edwards Made a Kosher Apology
11 August, 2008
Every time that a public figure
makes an apology, I get a thrill out of dissecting it for its flaws. Too many
people think an apology is just saying you're sorry, as though accidentally
stepping on... | An Apology Too Late, Isn’t Always Too Little
6 August, 2008
It's a stereotype come true. The ever-so polite Canadian so
eagerly saying "sooory" has nowhere been more evident recently than the very
person who represents Canada,
Prime Minister Stephen H... | Jesse Jackson Did Not Make a Kosher Apology
18 July, 2008
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on July 17 referred
to blacks with the N-word when he said Obama was telling them "how to
behave" on Fox News. His words were uttered during a break when the mic was on,
but ... | Excalibur Almost Made a Kosher Apology
28 March, 2008
A York University newspaper, Excalibur, issued an apology statement for a controversial article printed that essentially attempted to justify terrorism. Excalibur’s apology is an example of how some o... | Eliot Spitzer Did Not Make a Kosher Apology
10 March, 2008
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer
attempted to apologize publicly after allegations
surfaced that he was involved in a prostitution ring. Now that the case
has been made public in nearly ... | Shawn Murphy made a kosher apology
3 March, 2008
On Monday, Charlottetown Liberal MP Shawn Murphy apologized
in the House of Commons for the heckling remarks he made while B.C. Tory MP Ed
Fast was talking last Thursday.
The jeers had been... | Andy Pettitte Did Not Make a Kosher Apology
20 February, 2008
The sports world has been filled with scandal and apologies, and New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte is no exception. On Monday, Pettitte believed he was making an apology to the Yankees, Houston A... | Pete Stark Hasn't Made a Kosher Apology
24 October, 2007
Politicians, sports figures and
celebrities earn our scorn on an almost daily basis when they attempt to
apologize for something stupid they've said or done.
In the latest incident of a
politici... | Apology In One Word
21 September, 2007
Apologies are so important in Judaism that not only is there a holy day dedicated to teshuva (repentence), but there are three different words that mean “I’m sorry” in Hebrew: slicha, mechila, a... | Michael Vick hasn't made a kosher apology
29 August, 2007
Much has been written about the art of forgiveness, but how does one
offer a real, sincere and kosher apology in a way that mends hearts? Most
attempts at apologies come off as hackneyed and ... | What is a Kosher Apology?
15 December, 2006
Dave speaks with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on repentance, apology, atonement, reconciliation and forgiveness
While many volumes throughout the decades have been written about the art of forgiveness, how ... | Journey towards atonement
22 September, 2006
Journey towards atonement
How far should we go on the road to forgiveness for the holidays?
In the run-up to Yom Kippur, our tradition tells us we should ask for forgiveness from our fellow humans f... | |
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