In September 1944, Josef led Yom Kippur prayers for his fellow prisoners in the death block. At the displaced persons camp set up at Bergen‐Belsen after its liberation in 1945, Josef met ...

Hitoyoshi finds himself grappling with complicated emotions in this episode, particularly as his feelings toward Yuki become harder to ignore. His struggles with understanding his emotions lead to ...

Many parents also bless their children and grandchildren on the eve of Yom Kippur, when the heart is ... to another in their presence, contains a prayer to God, along with preparing the recipient ...

Starting your day with morning prayer is one of the most powerful ways to invite God’s peace, strength, and joy into your life. When we begin each morning in prayer, we shift our focus from the ...

The prophet uses the term “Etzem Hayom Hazeh,” meaning “in the midst of this day,” which is the very same phrase used in the Torah in Parshat Acharei Mot to describe Yom Kippur.

absenting myself for ten minutes each day for afternoon prayer, etc. But while they understood the rationale of fasting on Yom Kippur as a way of atoning for sins committed during the previous ...

Until the Simchas Torah massacres of October 7, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir was the Israeli leader that witnessed the heaviest Israeli losses during the surprise Yom Kippur War.

(JTA) — Part of a blood-stained prayer shawl from a 1940 Yom Kippur pogrom was found in the former ghetto of Lodz, Poland and brought to Israel, its finder said. The part of the shawl ...

The Islamic headscarf, prayer halls in schools ... such as excused absences from school on Jewish holidays like Yom Kippur. “Today it is harder. Proposals for stricter rules in school are ...

How are Jewish students handling it? The school’s rabbi, Matt Rosenberg, plans to end Yom Kippur prayers around 1 p.m., in time for the 2:30 p.m. game. The campus Hillel will be screening the ...