By Paul Rogers, University of Bradford; The Conversation Much recent media focus has rightly been on the anniversary of the ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism, begins at sundown on Friday. Here's what the Jewish holiday honors and ...

CHICAGO -- Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and holiest of the High Holy Days, starts at sundown Friday. Yom Kippur is observed with a full day of fasting from sundown to sundown, as well as ...

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday ...

The Israeli military on Friday said air raid sirens sounded in central Israel after two aerial drones entered the country from Lebanon, with at least one building damaged north of Tel Aviv during the ...

Wafiq Safa, the chief of Hezbollah Liaison and Coordination Unit, was supposedly in critical condition following the Thursday ...

Rabbi Gary Gans, rabbi emeritus of Congregation Beth Tikvah, Marlton, and Father Joseph Wallace, diocesan director of ...

Local law enforcement agencies announced plans to increase patrols near places of worship on Friday and Saturday as Yom ...

Israel said its forces fired at a threat near a UN peacekeeping position on Friday in Lebanon, acknowledging that a "hit" was ...

This Yom Kippur, I am wrestling with what Jewish and other ancient texts have to say about forgiveness and justice.

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