Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena a Jewish festival without food. Instead it is a day of fasting and prayer introspection and self-judgment when collectively and repeatedly we confess our sins and pray to be written into God's Book of Life.
When the Exxon Valdez spilled in 1989 I was angry. I even wrote on the back of my car Boycott Exxon!