The holiest day in the Jewish community is here. Yom Kippur began at sundown on Sunday as Rosh Hashanah came to an end. The holiday continues through sundown on Monday. Yom Kippur, also known as the ...

Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, marks the end of the Days of Awe, a 10-day period of introspection and repentance (teshuvah) that begins with Rosh Hashanah. The holiday is considered ...

Known as the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur is a time for reflection, prayer, and fasting, as Jews around the world seek forgiveness and reconciliation with God. How do you observe Yom Kippur? The ...

There are two ways to interpret what happened on Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv and other cities in Israel. The first leads to condemnation, and perhaps to shock. The second leads to understanding, and ...

People are complex and multi-faceted, and the way we relate to an infinite God is bound to be too. (JTA) — For those of us who don’t regularly think in theological terms, the High Holiday liturgy can ...

It is hard to look at the world today and not feel we need a day of repentance and atonement. “Justice, Justice you shall pursue.” We have fallen so short of that politically, socially and ...

During Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, the Jewish community of Laramie will gather for a day of reflection, fasting, prayer and spiritual renewal. This year, Yom Kippur begins at ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — 7News is learning more about the holidays from different faiths with the start of Yom Kippur marking the beginning of the fasting holy day in Judaism. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President ...

Torah scrolls at a San Diego synagogue. (File photo by Chris Jennewein/Times of San Diego) The solemn Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur in 2025 begins at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 1, with San Diego-area ...

Jews continue to pray while antisemitic anarchists crash through their rows, singing loudly and waving signs to interrupt the service of a public prayer on Dizengoff Circle in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, ...