The holiday ends the 10-day period known as Days of Teshuvah, which is variously translated as repentance, return and change, ...

In Israel, one of Judaism’s holiest days — Yom Kippur, the day of repentance — is beginning. Television and radio stations have halted their broadcasts, many of them posting a message that they will ...

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 ...

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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The Jewish High Holidays end with Yom Kippur, widely regarded as the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Also called the Day ...

If you wear a tallit and tefillin, and blow shofar and keep kosher, but use your Judaism to undermine the right of the seven ...

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. What is the holiday about and how is it observed? Here’s a look at the ...