Yom Kippur

United Hatzalah volunteers rescue Torah scrolls from Jerusalem synagogue fire

Just as Jews devote themselves first and foremost to protecting human life, United Hatzalah also protects sacred objects when they are threatened.

Rescuing the Torahs just days after Yom Kippur lent the mission particular meaning.
WINDING ROAD on Abano Pass, Georgia.

Ten years later: How an Israeli surgeon saved three lives in on Yom Kippur - opinion

 A woman with diabetes is seen using an injection (Illustrative).

Can young diabetics safely observe Jewish fasts? Insulin pump tweaks can help, Israeli study finds

A rabbi blows a shoat ahead of Yom Kippur at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 2026.

Inheriting moral instincts: How choices become a legacy – opinion


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.

SWIMMING ABOVE the baby whale that came to play with us.

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.

 IDF soldiers are seen working as part of the Israeli military's Gaza battlefield intelligence collection unit.

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.

Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, and crew pose during a photocall for the documentary "Naza" in Competition, at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, September 10, 2026.

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.

IN THE early morning before Yom Kippur, 2024, prayers for forgiveness are recited at the Western Wall and elsewhere in the Jewish world.

'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?

One might think this should be the moment of our greatest anxiety.

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.

Former hostage Bar Kupershtein attends a conference in Yad Binyamin, central Israel, July 21, 2026.

Israel's Right has judged everyone else. Now it must judge itself - opinion

This Yom Kippur, Israel’s national camp needs a cheshbon hanefesh.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, votes in Likud party primary elections ahead of Israel’s general election in October, in Jerusalem, Monday, August. 17, 2026.

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.

The empty streets in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays. Israel came to a standstill for 25-hours during the high holiday of Yom Kippur when observant Jews fast and Israelis are prohibited from driving, October 2, 2025.

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

Yoni Finlay, shot while protecting his Manchester synagogue

Hostage's father calls for Netanyahu to seek forgiveness from victims ahead of Yom Kippur

Danino spoke about his book 'Hashem Ori', which he wrote in memory of his son, and described how the idea of putting his memories into writing took shape.

Rabbi Elhanan Danino, father of Israeli hostage Ori Danino, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists while being held hostage in Gaza, March 13 2025.