The climate in Israel surrounding the upcoming Knesset election has been putting a bit of a damper on this year’s Days of Awe.
Yom Kippur
Anat’s memories of how most years Jerusalem children reveled in the Day of Atonement, except for one.
On the holiest day of the year, God forgives the sins of the people of Israel. This has its price: fasting, long prayers and bored children.
On the Day of Atonement, Jews across the world pray and fast. For secular and non-Jewish Israelis alike, it’s a unique holiday without cars or commerce.
In the days leading up to the Day of Atonement, there’s a certain tension in the air.
The Biblical Fall Festival season is a legitimate excuse to put aside day-to-day duties and projects
Commemorating Yom Kippur in the State of Israel is a special experience, very different to what one will find in the Jewish Diaspora
Now more than ever, we need a community of prayer around us. People of faith should not recoil in fear
Forgiveness is the theme of the season, and President Herzog has extended a hand of mercy to young IDF soldiers
We have become guilty