I Found Everything I Need For Yom Kippur In One Episode Of Ted Lasso

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
5 min readSep 14, 2021

Yom Kippur for me-and I’m guessing for many of you-feels like a hard day to access. Even as someone who is actively engaged with Jewish spiritual learning and ritual in my own life, I struggle to connect with the traditions and meanings of Yom Kippur. Maybe it has to do with living with Type 1 diabetes for 40+ years (which can make fasting a challenge) or facing feelings

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Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Writer, Educator, Mom. Disability advocate. Dog Lover. Teaching online workshops on writing + spiritual growth. www.gabriellekaplanmayer.com