Yom Kippur could also serve as a model for a National Day of Prayer. Not to co-opt it, but as a model. Jews have been observing it for thousands of years — long before Harry Truman designated a ...

Sunday, Sept. 25, marks the beginning of one of the most important periods of the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashana, the New Year, begins Sunday night, followed 10 days later by Yom Kippur, the Day of ...

Last Yom Kippur, Dizengoff Square was the scene of a violent struggle between secular activists and a group of worshipers who had held the final Yom Kippur prayers there annually since 2020.

While this is a custom many Jewish parents partake in each week on Shabbat eve, the Yom Kippur prayer specifically offers a more intense and intentional blessing. Here is an excerpt: ...

It’s a discourse of people who live in parallel universes: those who regard what happened as an enraging sabotage of a Yom Kippur prayer, and those who regard it as a provocation masquerading as ...

Yom Kippur, also known as the "Day of Atonement," is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. ... Time is spent either in prayer for forgiveness, at services or both.

The observance of Yom Kippur is central to Jewish tradition and is marked by a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer. The day is the culmination of the Ten Days of Repentance, which ...

Nowhere is this clearer than in Ki Anu Amekha, a short poem recited multiple times on Yom Kippur to introduce the Viddui, the confessional prayer. It reads: For we are your people, and you are our ...

A report by the Tel Aviv Religious Council reveals severe disturbances in 18 minyanin [prayer groups] in the city during Yom Kippur, including prayers that received approval from the municipality ...

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the day on which the Jewish nation unites in fasting and prayer. This year, Yom Kippur falls on Tuesday night and ends the following night.

Jews observe Yom Kippur with prayer, spiritual introspection and a 25-hour fast. The JLE service will begin at 6 p.m. at the Torah Academy of Bergen County on Queen Anne Road.