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On Yom Kippur, the Jewish establishment should come clean

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Israelis have been calling for an accounting from their leaders for the catastrophic intelligence failure on Oct. 7. They want this now, even in wartime, and even after those same failed leaders and institutions...
Radical secular protesters clash with religious Jews in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur, Sept. 24, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Supreme Court overturns Tel Aviv ban on outdoor Yom Kippur prayers

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Israel's Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday night against a ban on gender-separated Jewish prayer services in Tel Aviv's public spaces during the holiday of Yom Kippur, local media reported. "We order that the appellants...
A shofar is blown at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, at the end of Yom Kippur, Oct. 12, 2016. Photo by Flash90.

We shouldn’t overdo it with the apologies

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Fresh off a day of fasting and breast-beating, many Jews had spent Yom Kippur atoning for sins, committing to change and hoping for the best when it comes to the Book of Life. (I...
The Orthodox Jewish group Rosh Yehudi sets up a gender divider amongst protests during a public prayer service at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur, Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90

Israel’s ‘democracy’ protesters destroy their own platform

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The shocking scenes in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur not only destroyed the principal claim of Israel’s nine-months-old protest movement against the government. They also illuminated a fundamental and disturbing fault-line in the wider...
Performing Tashlich overlooking the beach in Kiryat Yam, a suburb outside of Haifa, on Sept. 30, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Tashlich is more than a spiritual, Marie Kondo purge, experts say

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Earlier this month, Royal Auction House in Toms River, N.J., sold an 1806 illustrated, handwritten Tashlich guide for $5,000. Last month, Appel Auction in New York offered but didn’t sell a 19th-century painting depicting the rite. Years prior,...

Chabad organizes Yom Kippur gatherings across the UAE

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Two years after the Abraham Accords were signed, the Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) marked its latest milestone by coming together to observe Yom Kippur at multiple locations across the country. The...

Netanyahu ‘feeling well’ following Yom Kippur hospitalization

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Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu was released from hospital on Thursday after spending the night under medical observation due to reported chest pains that began while he was attending Yom Kippur synagogue services. The former...

10 things you need to know about Yom Kippur

The Bible calls Yom Kippur the “Sabbath of Sabbaths,” the holiest day of the Jewish calendar and the pinnacle of the High Holidays that start with Rosh Hashanah. For believers, it’s a day of atonement...

Parashat Vayeilech: Personal Transformation

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Remember leaving services last Yom Kippur, the grandeur of Neilah upon us, filled with promises to live better lives? Yet so soon afterwards many old habits reemerged – maybe even before that first morsel of food...

10 things you need to know about Yom Kippur

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The Bible calls Yom Kippur the “Sabbath of Sabbaths,” the holiest day of the Jewish calendar and the pinnacle of the High Holidays that start with Rosh Hashanah. For believers, it’s a day of atonement...