Yom Kippur

In Japan, observing Sukkot requires creativity — and sometimes a bit of smuggling

What's a Jew to do with shortages in the four species? Some cooperate interdenominationally, others break the rules.

Israeli NBA player Omri Casspi skips preseason opener for Yom Kippur

Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said Casspi had his “full support” to sit out the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.

Mark Zuckerberg posts Yom Kippur apology for any divisiveness caused by Facebook

"For the ways my work was used to divide people rather than bring us together, I ask forgiveness and I will work to do better," Zuckerberg wrote in a post on Facebook.

Ideas

When Ruth Bader Ginsburg and other Jewish justices got the Supreme Court to shut down on Yom Kippur

Israel

Six Israeli activists wounded in protest against Yom Kippur chicken-swinging ritual

Ideas

Yom Kippur is a reminder of the awesome, and awful, power of words

Israel

Outreach services for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur expected to reach 70,000 Israelis

Israel

For many Israeli teens, the eve of Yom Kippur is a night of forbidden love

Global

A Yom Kippur tradition in Amsterdam dates back to the invention of electricity

United States

North Carolina LGBTQ groups call for boycott of annual pride event over Yom Kippur start

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