Before and during Yom Kippur, people will try to make amends with each other and seek forgiveness for wrongdoings. Some Jews may pray near a body of water in a Tashlich ceremony, tossing pieces of ...

Yom Kippur, also known as the “Day of Atonement,” is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. As one of the High Holy Days, ...

As the sun sets on Sept. 20, 2026, Jews begin Yom Kippur, the “Day of Atonement.” For Jews, this holy day marks when Moses ...

The U.S. bishops this week underscored the “deep spiritual bonds” between Catholics and Jews and the need to build “genuine ...

The Jewish New Year starts a period of repentance and reflection that culminates with Yom Kippur. Key dates, traditions, foods, and observances.

Many Jews observe the day by fasting, that is, abstaining from all food or drink, starting at sundown Sept. 20 ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism, begins this month. Yom Kippur translates from Hebrew to English as the "Day of Atonement." Jewish people may spend the day fasting or attending ...

A researcher of MiDRASH, a project dedicated to analyzing the National Library of Israel’s digital database of all known Hebrew ...

In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, NLI’s curator Dr. Chaim Neria explains how the NLI came to house thousands of prayer ...

Millions of people worldwide – as many as 1 in 8 adults in the U.S. – are on GLP-1 medication, such as Ozempic, Mounjaro, ...

Inspired by Yom Kippur’s themes of atonement, Israeli filmmakers have explored personal, political, and national guilt through stories of repentance, forgiveness, and redemption.

Over the past decade, approximately 2,472 people were injured in road accidents on Yom Kippur.