There are several Jewish holidays that take place in the fall. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, began Sept. 25 and ended Sept. 27. Yom Kippur started at sunset on Oct. 4 and will continue ...

Yom Kippur concludes at sundown Wednesday, ending the 10-day period on the Jewish calendar known as Days of Teshuvah, which is variously translated as repentance, return and change, and the Days ...

Yom Kippur, which, in English, translates to Day of Atonement, is the holiest day in Judaism. The holiday spans two calendar days, and began at sundown on Oct. 4 this year. It continues until the ...

Yom Kippur(Rhymes with yaam kuh·poor)There are many religions in the world. ... Current Events/Yom Kippur. Posted September 16, 2022. John Governale. 4 min read . Font size + Gift article.

The Yom Kippur War of 1973 was a pivotal conflict that dramatically reshaped the Middle East. This video delves into the key ...

This year's events come with a particularly somber tone amid heightened turmoil in the Middle East. ... Yom Kippur comes on the last of the 10 days of repentance that began with Rosh Hashanah.

Despite the celebrations during the two-day event, those who practise Judaism don't have long until their next bout of social events as Yom Kippur is around the corner.

Yom Kippur begins several minutes before sunset on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, and concludes at nightfall on Saturday, Oct. 12th, 2024. In the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur begins on the 10th day of Tishrei.

The event seemed like a natural fit for GatherDC, which held a brown-bag lunch for Yom Kippur in 2015 for people who had to work — another prohibited act on the holiday — and would be taking a ...

Segregated Yom Kippur prayers spark slurs and bitterness, ... as the group sets up a gender divider, amid protests, during a Yom Kippur public prayer event in Dizengoff Square, September 24, 2023.

As the year progressed, I began to view the events of Yom Kippur 2023 through a different lens. I now believe that the threat facing the Jewish people is more insidious than internal division alone.

Israel shut down late on Friday afternoon for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, with the country embroiled in an active war on the Holy Day for ...