‘Mormon Land’: Utah rabbi talks about forgiveness and atonement while Middle East fighting rages

Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) offer a chance for Jewish adherents to reflect, remember, recommit, repent and forgive.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rabbi Samuel Spector, in 2019, at Congregation Kol Ami in Salt Lake City.

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