(JTA) — Multiple dimensions of Israel’s ongoing civil strife came to a head on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, as secular activists shut down a public Orthodox Yom Kippur service in ...

Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the most sacred day in the Jewish calendar. This video explores its historical roots in the Torah, its connection to repentance and purification ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated March 13-14, is considered holier than Yom Kippur, yet it’s a story of survival where ...

Kol Nidre, the introductory service of Yom Kippur, took place in the Klausen Synagogue on Friday night, ending a hiatus that lasted more than 80 years and encompassed both the murder and ...

The holy rebbe, Rav Yisroel of Ruzhin, adds that Purim is even more, for while on Yom Kippur Hashem forgives only with teshuva, repentance, on Purim He forgives as soon as we ask Him, as it says, Kol ...

Despite their dire conditions and the cruelty of their captors, the soldiers refused to eat chametz (leavened bread) on Passover, and they even attempted to fast on Yom Kippur, a difficult task ...

It begins with the Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on Sept. 18, and goes through Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, ending Sept. 28. “(These are) the most important two holidays in the Jewish ...

The true test of any civilization is not whether it can withstand its enemies, but whether it can justify its own existence beyond them.

"(Employees) have limited ... vacation days, and they're told, 'If you want to take Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur off you can, but you have to use a vacation day.' That puts these (people) in a ...

Yom Kippur means Day of Atonement. It is the most sacred and solemn day in the Jewish calendar. Atonement means to put things right. That day is about people putting things right with God through ...