by snarly | Sep 30, 2019 | Religious Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
We mostly talk about apologies here; just for kicks, let’s take a quick detour into forgiveness. The web site My Jewish Learning (Snarly is a fan) has been emailing readers a series of essays called “Explore Forgiveness.” It’s a project...
by snarly | Jul 16, 2019 | Religious Apologies
Writer/editor Liz Galst shared this wee teaching with Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in NYC and kindly gave us permission to post on SorryWatch. It seemed…relevant. Take it away, Liz! In [last] week’s parasha, Chukkat, the Israelites are complaining again....
by snarly | Jan 22, 2019 | Academic apologies, Religious Apologies, Youth apologizes
Belated Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2019 good wishes from SorryWatch! Perhaps you’ve seen the video going around social media (and written about in Saturday’s New York Post and Daily News) depicting three white female students at Brooklyn’s elite...
by sumac | Jun 26, 2018 | Religious Apologies
The Washington Post wrote “McCarrick expressed an apology to the alleged victim Wednesday, though he says he is innocent.” The person they’re talking about is Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Who told some seminary students to call him “Uncle Ted”. Removed from the...
by snarly | May 21, 2018 | Religious Apologies
Last week, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints had a meeting with leaders of the NAACP. Joyful word spread like wildfire on social media: The Church had apologized for its history of racism! Alas, it wasn’t true. Someone had set up a fake...
by sumac | Jan 19, 2018 | Religious Apologies
The Washington Post headline: “A pastor admitted a past sexual incident with a teen. His congregation gave him a standing ovation.” Others also focused on the applause. “Pastor admits to ‘sexual incident’ with teen 20 years ago, gets standing ovation” said...
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