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Yom Kippur 2021: Is the holy Jewish festival today and what is its significance?
3 years, 5 months ago

Yom Kippur 2021: Is the holy Jewish festival today and what is its significance?

The Independent  

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To heal the world: Yom Kippur and the drama of forgiveness
4 years, 5 months ago

To heal the world: Yom Kippur and the drama of forgiveness

ABC  

The Ten Days of Repentance are the holy of holies of Jewish time. They began last Friday evening with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and culminate on Sunday with Yom Kippur, our Day of Atonement. The book of Genesis opens with God making humans “in his image and likeness.” This phrase has become so familiar to us that we …

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In Israel, the Jewish High Holidays clash with a new coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 5 months ago

In Israel, the Jewish High Holidays clash with a new coronavirus lockdown

LA Times  

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in Bnei Brak, Israel, swings a chicken over his head as part of a religious ritual Wednesday ahead of Yom Kippur next week. Naftali Herstik still remembers the first time he “stood beside the pillar,” meaning that he led Rosh Hashanah services from the central synagogue lectern at which a cantor chants the liturgy. “It is …

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Hero Jewish worshipers - including ten Americans - barricaded inside German synagogue with chairs
5 years, 5 months ago

Hero Jewish worshipers - including ten Americans - barricaded inside German synagogue with chairs

Daily Mail  

Hero Jewish worshipers barricaded themselves in a synagogue prayer room with chairs and 'were ready to fight' as a neo-Nazi attacker tried to break in during a killing rampage that left two dead. When the gunman failed to get in he shot dead a woman in the street and a man at a kebab shop Balliet shot two people dead …

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How Yom Kippur gives us the wisdom we need in the age of Trump (Opinion)
5 years, 5 months ago

How Yom Kippur gives us the wisdom we need in the age of Trump (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Noah Lawrence is a legal scholar, studying to be a rabbi at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. CNN — Many, if not most Americans will remember these days as those of President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry. These days strip away the distractions of the everyday and evoke a sense of standing directly before God, spurring one to …

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At least two killed near German synagogue on Yom Kippur, holiest Jewish holiday
5 years, 5 months ago

At least two killed near German synagogue on Yom Kippur, holiest Jewish holiday

Salon  

At least two people were fatally shot on Wednesday near a synagogue in Halle, Germany, during prayer services for Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Police later said they arrested one person, though an earlier tweet suggested there may have been multiple “perpetrators” who fired “several shots.” Police warned people to stay in their homes while they …

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Finding your way home: Reflections on Yom Kippur
5 years, 5 months ago

Finding your way home: Reflections on Yom Kippur

ABC  

Lost and found Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the supreme moment of Jewish time, a day of fasting and prayer, introspection and self-judgement. Kol Nidrei means “all vows.” The passage itself is not a prayer at all, but a dry legal formula annulling in advance all vows, oaths and promises between us and God in the coming year. …

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Yom Kippur 2017: What you need to know about the holiest day of the Jewish year
7 years, 5 months ago

Yom Kippur 2017: What you need to know about the holiest day of the Jewish year

The Independent  

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Why Do So Many Religions Fast?
9 years, 5 months ago

Why Do So Many Religions Fast?

Slate  

Earlier this month, NPR’s Morning Edition featured a story on Jains in India who practice sallekhana—fasting to death. The only other 25-hour fast in the Jewish calendar is on the ninth day of the month of Av, known as Tisha B’Av, which commemorates the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. There are various “lesser” fast days on …

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Israel police on high alert as Jewish, Muslim festival dates coincide for first time in over 30 years
10 years, 5 months ago

Israel police on high alert as Jewish, Muslim festival dates coincide for first time in over 30 years

Firstpost  

Israel police were on high alert to avert clashes as Jews and Muslims prepare to observe their faith’s major holidays of Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha. Jerusalem: Israeli police were on high alert on Friday to avert possible clashes as Jews and Muslims prepare to observe their faith’s major holidays of Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha, which overlap this year …

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