When is Yom Kippur 2024? What to know about Judaism's holiest day of the year
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday ...
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Why I couldn’t pray this Yom Kippur
A year into this war, the suffering of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians were at the top of my mind this Yom Kippur ...
What is Yom Kippur and how is it celebrated?
Yom Kippur is the most important day of the year for the Jewish faith and ends the 10-day period of repentance and reflection ...
Historic Prague synagogue used on Yom Kippur for the first time since the Holocaust
For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic synagogues has held a Jewish worship service. Kol Nidre, ...
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Is anti-Zionism a sin? We asked the rabbi whose viral Yom Kippur sermon begged the question
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch has made advancing the Zionist cause a focal point of his work for more than 30 years at the forefront of ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Religion Yom Kippur
Tashlich, which means “to cast away” in Hebrew, is the practice in which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and ...
In Florida, Yom Kippur Services Adjust After Hurricane Milton
Some Rabbis are altering tradition slightly to account for dispersed congregations, power outages and flooded temples. For ...
As Yom Kippur begins, Jews will fast and seek forgiveness at services across Southern California
The holiday ends the 10-day period known as Days of Teshuvah, which is variously translated as repentance, return and change, ...