Some hoped that the horrors of Oct. 7 might galvanize American Jewry in the way that both the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War did more than a half-century ago. The initial response to the ...

Here's why Israel chose such a cryptic name. The phrase “Days of Repentance” refers to the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in Judaism, known as the Ten Days of Repentance.

“We wanted to take a moment to address concerns brought by several members regarding the dates of the 2024 conference falling during Yom Kippur,” the apology from March on its website stated.

Relations between Israel and the Soviet Union during the latter half of the 20th century were akin to those between two porcupines trying to make love in the dark. While both sides wanted at times to ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Today we are united with Jews around the world, who, like us, are sitting in synagogue on Yom Kippur, united in prayer, penitence, and asking ...

What better symbol is there for the modern condition ... Sukkot marks the end of the high holy day cycle, coming right on the heels of Yom Kippur. Where the mood of Yom Kippur was somber ...

I don’t compare my own prayer practice to that of Rabbi Heschel, but I had a similar experience this Yom Kippur. Wherever I looked in the liturgy, I found myself wondering how many Gaza residents or ...