Fall is upon us with its much-anticipated wonders. Giddy parents are gently pushing anxious children onto school buses and then enjoying their first child-free hours in months. The temperature is dropping into the 70s. The leaves on the palm trees in Beverly Hills are staying exactly the same color. An occasional cloud dots the sky. We Jews are anticipating the arrival of the New Year by taking stock of our most recent loop around the sun and contemplating our fates during the next loop. ...