Starting at sundown on Tuesday, much of Boston's Jewish population will begin to celebrate the holiest day of the year and the conclusion of the High Holidays – Yom Kippur.
Following 10 days after the joyous celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, Yom Kippur is a more solemn occasion for reflection and preparation for the year ahead.
PLYMOUTH – When Plimoth Plantation's deputy executive director Richard Pickering awaited his first interview in 1984 for an acting role, he heard a group of role players in the room confess a common fear – discussing religion with the village's visitors.
"If the staff is frightened to talk about the very subject that motivated this entire colony, that's my place here, if I can help the museum talk about the spiritual experiences of people in the past in an accurate and respectful way," Pickering remembers thinking.
