Tag: Yom Kippur
Millions of Jews worldwide pause to observe Yom Kippur
The holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, was set to commence at sunset on Tuesday. It’s a time when Israel come to a near-complete pause.
Many Israelis observe a 25-hour fast and attend...
Yom Kippur 5780, music and memory
In just a little while, the notes of Kol Nidre will start playing, that melody that moves the one who knows its meaning as much as the one who knows nothing about it. Theodor...
‘Yom Kippur Jews’
A “Yom Kippur Jew” (a term coined by professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz) is a Jew who repents, gives charity and fasts, and who exercises restraint and looks inward. But before that, a “Yom Kippur Jew,”...
After outcry, UN reschedules ‘decolonization committee’ meeting that fell on Yom Kippur
The U.N. Secretariat, one of the main organs of the United Nations, has rescheduled a meeting conflicting with Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, on Oct. 9.
A meeting set by the Special Political...
India issues Yom Kippur terror alert for Israelis, Jewish institutions in country
Israeli security services are working with their Indian counterparts to prevent an attack in the country during the Jewish holidays and especially on Yom Kippur, which begins on Tuesday evening, Israel’s Channel 12 reported...
Faith and fasting: A look at the practice ahead of Yom Kippur
Fasting is the most commonly known Yom Kippur ritual. According to a 2016 Pew survey, 40 percent of American Jews and 60 percent of Israeli Jews fast on the Day of Atonement. Of course,...
Fall into the flavors of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Rosh Hashanah falls late on the calendar this year, at the end of the back-to-school month and at the beginning of the first signs of fall. No matter; somehow, there are always those last-minute...
High Holiday challenge for college kids: Finding their (spiritual) home away from home
Spending the High Holidays away from home can be a lonely experience.
And, sadly, without the family around, many a Jewish college student simply ignores the call of the shofar—even the apples and honey—and attends...
Man throws rock into window of Gdansk synagogue during Yom Kippur services
Police released security footage of a man in a dark shirt walking to the New Synagogue in Gdansk, Poland, and throwing a stone into a window during Yom Kippur services.
Authorities appealed to anybody who...
Israeli police thwart Arab terrorism in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur
An attempted stabbing attack was thwarted on the night of Yom Kippur by Israeli police in Jerusalem.
Just after the beginning of the holiday at 7 p.m., a 26-year-old man from the Palestinian village of...