That Which Separates Us from Animals and Angels: On Yonah and Yom Kippur

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The Book of Jonah is a mainstay of the Yom Kippur liturgy. Years ago, in a class on the topic, Rabbi Yisrael Motzen of Baltimore’s Ner Tamid Synagogue once argued that Jonah does not change or develop in the story, and instead seeks…