The IDF observers from Nahal Oz made a conscious effort to observe Jewish traditions even while being held by Hamas in Gaza.

Yom Kippur. On the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, the hall is packed to capacity as worshippers pray by the warm light of hundreds of candles — a tradition that dates back to the invention ...

Yom Kippur serves up its own array of unhealthy ... to the day and whether that means fasting or not fasting.” Jewish tradition is clear that people whose health would be jeopardized by ...

Yom Kippur means Day of Atonement. It is the most sacred and solemn day in the Jewish calendar. Atonement means to put things right. That day is about people putting things right with God through ...

I knew I wanted Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to be meaningful days for every member of the family, at every stage of life - and while making ancient traditions relevant and fun for 21st century ...

but it gave an altar boy from Jersey City a chance to learn a little Yiddish and a touch of cultural traditions. The way I learned it, you sell on Rosh Hashanah and buy back on Yom Kippur.