Report says freed soldiers worked as servants for captors, and observed Jewish holidays and even Shabbat in captivity; Ofer ...

(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 ...

Atonement means to put things right. That day is about people putting things right with God through prayers and sacrifice. Yom Kippur is a day to reflect on the past year and ask God's forgiveness ...

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For several years now, in the days leading up to Yom Kippur, a subtle debate has been taking place in my religious social ...

You’d rather learn than pray: Hadar, the non-denominational yeshiva ... The organization is also holding a live event on Sept. 15, before Yom Kippur begins that evening. Pegged to the lesser ...

Jews observe Yom Kippur with a 25 hour fast (this does not include children ... Sukkot is also a harvest holiday and the beginning of the season of prayers for rain. Important ritual objects on sukkot ...