For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic synagogues has held a Jewish worship service. Kol Nidre, ...

Tashlich, which means “to cast away” in Hebrew, is the practice in which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and ...

Rocket alarm sirens sounded in areas of Israel on Saturday as Hezbollah militants in Lebanon launched hundreds of attacks ...

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday ...

Hezbollah launched over 300 projectiles into Israel over Yom Kippur weekend, the Israel Defense Forces said. The Lebanese ...

Some Rabbis are altering tradition slightly to account for dispersed congregations, power outages and flooded temples. For ...

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

At sundown this Friday, Jews across the world will begin Yom Kippur when they will fast and reflect on wrongdoings from the ...

Yom Kippur. The most important day on the Jewish Calendar, Yom Kippur – or the day of atonement – offers the ...

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BYU's Jewish quarterback Jake Retzlaff made a decision contrary to that of Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax concerning Yom Kippur.