The Lord said to Moses, that the tenth day of this seventh month [Tishrei] is the Day of Atonement…. Do not do any work on that day…. This is a lasting ordinance for generations to come….” ...

Shortly after the fire, the queen delivered a speech to mark the 40th anniversary of her accession to the throne. Noting her ...

I was part of the military machine that allowed Israeli Jews to force Palestinians to live in constant fear. I feel a ...

His story was dramatized — and he says fictionalized — in the hit Israeli TV series, 'Valley of Tears,' about the opening days of the Yom Kippur War In refusing to obey a command, Itzhak ...

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

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

AS HAPPENED after the Yom Kippur War, the first tremors announcing the ... a Hartman Institute fellow, is author of the best-selling Mitz’ad Ha’ivelet Hayehudi (The Jewish March of Folly ...

The first time Israel was at war on Yom Kippur was during the 1948 Arab-Israeli ... maybe we will even enjoy it and maybe it will be for the best," said Jacky Kadosh, 72, a resident of Netanya ...

Yom Kippur begins at sundown Friday with services in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, downtown Los Angeles and other locations at a time of elevated tensions in the Middle East.

It's called Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, and it lasts about 26 hours or until nightfall on Saturday. Yom Kippur comes at the end of the Jewish High Holy Days or "10 Days of Awe," ...

10 (UPI) --Preparations for the solemn Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, when the observant atone for their sins through fasting and prayer, were underway in Israel Thursday amid a time of war on ...