Rosh Hashanah, one of the High Holy Days, means the "head of the year" and is a celebration of the Jewish New Year filled with sweetness and introspection.

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish faith, is being celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Yom Kippur is the day of atonement following the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. It involves followers of the ...

Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, marks the end of the Days of Awe, a 10-day period of introspection and repentance (teshuvah) that begins with Rosh Hashanah. The holiday is considered ...

WASHINGTON — Yom Kippur is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar and also one of the most somber commemorations of the year. It marks the end of the "Days of Awe," a 10-day period that begins on Rosh ...

“That such an attack is directed at the Jewish community, and on Yom Kippur, this most solemn of days, shocks me to the core,” he said. “Jewish and Christian people are closely bound together in our ...

Police identified a 35-year-old man they believed was responsible for attacking a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Yom ...

Two people were killed and at least three were hurt in an attack on Thursday at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue ...