Yom Kippur
Rabbi Dov Lando must explain his opposition to haredi IDF service - opinion
Rabbi Dov Lando urges haredi young men to prioritize Torah study over military service, raising questions about ethics, Jewish law, and responsibility.
United Hatzalah volunteers rescue Torah scrolls from Jerusalem synagogue fire
Ten years later: How an Israeli surgeon saved three lives in on Yom Kippur - opinion
Can young diabetics safely observe Jewish fasts? Insulin pump tweaks can help, Israeli study finds
Your Investments: A financial and personal clean slate for Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement is about reflection, repentance, and renewal. Those same principles can guide people toward smarter financial choices and lasting improvement.
A modern-day encounter with Jonah’s ‘leviathan’
Every Rosh Hodesh, and every holiday, when we recite the Barchi Nafshi, I have a different kavanah, a different intention, than I once did. I now know what a “leviathan” looks like.
Israel’s next strategic surprise may not be a war - opinion
Israel’s next strategic surprise could be a dangerous political transformation in a neighboring country, a technological or military development we have failed to anticipate, or something different.
My Word: Sanctions and silver screen slanders - opinion
British sanctions and a new film targeting Israel reflect a broader campaign to silence Israeli voices while ignoring the threats facing the Jewish state.
The other confession: Yom Kippur as the night journey of the soul
Few images capture Yom Kippur more powerfully than a person bent over a machzor (prayer book), quietly reciting its catalogue of sins.
'Go, eat with joy': The surprising truth about Yom Kippur
How is it that precisely on the eve of the day when a person stands before his Creator, and his judgment for the coming year is sealed, we are commanded to eat and rejoice?
Ex-hostage Bar Kupershtein marks anniversary of release from Hamas captivity with slichot service
The slichot prayer service took place at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.
Israel's Right has judged everyone else. Now it must judge itself - opinion
This Yom Kippur, Israel’s national camp needs a cheshbon hanefesh.
Over 250 people injured in Yom Kippur road accidents in 2025, road safety group warns
Over the past decade, approximately 2,472 people were injured in road accidents on Yom Kippur.
Heaton Park survivor one year after synagogue attack: “The community doesn’t feel any safer”
Yoni Finlay, who was shot while protecting his Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, says meeting Holocaust survivors through March of the Living strengthened his determination to live proudly as a Jew
