But for the faithful in Florida, destructive Hurricane Milton has disrupted plans for observing the Day of Atonement — the ...

Tonight, according to the Jewish calendar, the Yom Kippur holiday will come. Its name can be translated as the Day of ...

Preparations for the solemn Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, when the observant atone for their sins through fasting and prayer ...

I was part of the military machine that allowed Israeli Jews to force Palestinians to live in constant fear. I feel a ...

On Yom Kippur (Oct. 12), the holiest day of the Jewish year, hundreds of Jews will gather at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza for a religious service to publicly mourn the lives of Palestinians killed by ...

11, and ends at sunset on Oct. 12. On Yom Kippur, Jews will fast and repent through the day. Services for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur will bring large numbers of area Jews to local temples and ...

(credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90) Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement, meaning it is a day when Jews repent their sins and hope God forgives them, singing their name in the Book of Life. It follows ...

In the Yom Kippur service, where Jews seek forgiveness from God and fellow humans against whom they may have sinned, I immediately thought it reflected the spirit of the Great Commandment ...

For example, Yom Kippur is not known as a joyous holiday. It’s more accurate to say people “observe” the holiday rather than “celebrate” the holiday. During this holiday, observant Jews ...

Like thousands of other Israelis (and Vladimir Putin), I was born on the day of the most holocaust-like event in the history of the Jews in the ... fell on Yom Kippur, 5715. As you know, every ...