The holiest day of the year in Judaism begins on Wednesday, Oct. 1, just before sunset. It's called Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, and it lasts about 26 hours or until nightfall on Thursday. Yom ...

This video explores the Sinai Front of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, where Egyptian forces launched a surprise assault across the ...

Streets were largely empty of cars as is the national tradition, replaced with crowds on bicycles, scooters and rollerblades. Driving during the Day of Atonement is considered taboo, and many secular ...

Janus Kahn, a fine artist also noted for her works on political justice and women’s issues, illustrated more than 50 books ...

Will we recover from Oct. 7 and rising antisemitism? To find out, who better to ask than London-based Leo Pearlman, executive ...

While added financial resources for more guards and extra security has been welcomed by the U.K.’s Jewish community, there ...

I was leading services as a rabbi at my synagogue in Borehamwood, in the London suburbs. Soon after 10 a.m. someone brought a message from our amazing security guard Vince: There had been an attack in ...

At least two Jewish worshippers were killed and three others seriously injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in the English city of Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day ...

The holiday is considered Judaism’s most sacred day of the year, sometimes referred to as the “Sabbath of Sabbaths,” and is when Jews are closest to God and to the essence of their souls, according to ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — South Florida Jews are rallying together in the face of hate on their holiest day of the year. Congregants at Temple Judea, a synagogue in Coral Gables, said a deadly terrorist ...

Greater Manchester police said the suspect, who was wearing a vest that appeared to be an explosive device, was shot dead by ...

The congregants at Congregation Mishkan Or had just settled. Hundreds turned their attention to the bimah and awaited the ...