About this episode
Rabbi Bernath discusses his personal experience with forgiveness following a traumatic event in his youth.
Yisroel Bernath was 15 years old living in Chicago and doing what lots of kids in the windy city were doing back then, playing basketball. He and his kippah wearing friends were having a pretty good time. Then everything changed. There were threats, a gun was drawn, shots were fired as he fled. Justice was served but could Yisroel ever forgive the perpetrators? On this episode of Not That Kind of Rabbi we join Rabbi Bernath to talk about his book, The Forgiveness Experiment.
People in this episode
Host: Rabbi Bernath
Guest: Yisroel Bernath
Topics covered
- forgiveness
- personal story
- justice
- trauma
- spirituality
Keywords
- forgiveness
- Yisroel Bernath
- Chicago
- trauma
- justice
- spirituality
- The Forgiveness Experiment
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Forgiveness Experiment
Places: Chicago
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