Yom Kippur News

SUNDAY A truly terrible day. It is the day before Yom Kippur, a big Jewish holiday, the Day of Atonement.

"Throughout history, Hanukkah was a relatively minor festival, but it's become very popular in America, due to its proximity to Christmas." Since Hanukkah lacks the food-centered traditions of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur, it can be tricky to prepare a festive feast for the celebration-which falls in a season that calls for hearty food and family ...

After the Six-Day War, many in the Arab world concluded that Israel was here to stay, so they had no choice but to reconcile themselves to its existence.

I am about to depart for a lecture tour to the United States. While I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about the Jewish scene across the Atlantic, I must admit that this time I am going with some trepidation because there is a new Jewish reality in the Diaspora.

Growing up as a Christian, Tova Mordechai knew almost nothing of her Jewish heritage.

Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis gathered on the Haas Promenade in the capital's Armon Hanatziv neighborhood on Monday to celebrate Sigd, which has been observed for centuries to pray for the community's return to Jerusalem.

I don't know how it works in LA, but in Tel Aviv there are only two occasions on which traffic literally stops.

My 7-year-old son and I emerged from our car on a sparkling afternoon in September.

I'm going to write about Charles Krauthammer today without telling about the time he freaked out royally in synagogue on Yom Kippur.

Inspired during Yom Kippur services, Ina Rae Levy began a quest to find and deliver a Torah to a synagogue that did not have one.

Noting it's never too early for the country's youngest citizens to learn about other cultures, Angelo L. Tomaso vocal music teacher Amy Myers is starting what may become a new tradition at the kindergarten to fifth-grade school.

The Brevard Philharmonic Orchestra will present an adventure in music Saturday at Brevard College's Porter Center when Artistic Director Donald Portnoy conducts the premiere of "Tekeeyah" by acclaimed American composer Meira Warshauer.

Seven hundred years ago in a synagogue in southwest Germany near the Rhine River, the chazzan opened a new machzor on Yom Kippur as he began Kol Nidrei .

The pattern repeats itself: A relatively marginal Jewish organization calls upon the public to hold prayers on the Temple Mount to mark Yom Kippur, Sukkot or, as was the case this week, "Rambam Day" . These announcements win a great deal of attention in the Palestinian and Arab media, of course.

After 30 years of Jewish immigration from Ethiopia, the State of Israel will finally mark the community's flagship festival, Sig'd, in an official ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Monday.

Jerusalem's simmering embers were stoked again Sunday in a confrontation that broke out between Muslims who barricaded themselves in the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, and Israeli police who came to remove them.

Rob, Hannah and I took turns posing in front of the "Welcome to Egypt" sign as we crossed the border.

The monthly meeting of the Pleasant Valley United Methodist Women was held on Sept.

Several weeks ago, just between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur , I too sat with the multitude of Israel in Leonard Cohen's unforgettable concert .

Fall arrived late this year in Budapest, where I am visiting from Israel, and it is still very warm on Yom Kippur.