I cannot celebrate my 70th birthday either on Yom Kippur, because of the issur on cake, or on October 7, because my country is in tears, and that's it.

Rabbis and liturgists are trying to find ways to honor personal loss and communal grief during Yizkor, the traditional ...

October 6, 1973, marked the beginning of the Yom Kippur War — a conventional war. October 7, 2023, was a pogrom — a ...

Like America has Pearl Harbor and 9/11, Israel has the Yom Kippur War and Oct. 7, devastating sneak attacks that changed ...

When the enemy marched on the gates of the city, it sounded the alarm, rallying troops and calling defenders to battle.

And to our shame we Jews have been complicit in this. We too have adopted the insignificant moniker “October 7”. In doing so, we are robbing ourselves of a precious tool, one that is particularly ...

In Talking Points, Esme Murphy focuses on a year of anxiety in the Twin Cities Jewish community, which is also on heightened ...

How Should We Honor October 7th? What Does Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Simchas Torah Teach Us About Today’s War in Israel?

Why do we feel this way? The answers are manifold, but I will give you some of the main ones: ...

Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky of Chabad in Glastonbury talks to Dennis House about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and how everyone can ...

Buffalo's Jewish community is spending time reflecting, after celebrating the Jewish new year, ahead of Yom Kippur and while marking one year since the October 7 attack in Israel.

Buffalo's Jewish community is spending time reflecting, after celebrating the Jewish new year, ahead of Yom Kippur and while marking one year since the October 7 attack in Israel.