Yom Kippur

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In this section we have created a collection of Yom Kippur readings to inspire your connection to this Day of Atonement and it’s meaning for each of us as individuals and as part of the Nation of Israel.

Versions Of Silence: Yom Kippur In Israel

Israel, too, Deserves Our Forgiveness

For Synagogues Throughout the World: Remembering Israel On Yom Kippur

Israel Does Yom Kippur

Asking for forgiveness – what everyone can learn from Jewish tradition

YOM KIPPUR WAR

On Saturday October 6th, 1973, as all of Israel came to a standstill to observe the High Holiday of Yom Kippur. Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a surprise attack against Israel knowing she would be caught off-guard. Learn more about the Yom Kippur War from these personal accounts.

A Struggle For Survival Against All Odds: The Yom Kippur War

Remembering The Yom Kippur War: An American's Story

3 Yom Kippur War Heroes

Looking Back At The Yom Kippur War

A Yom Kippur Melody

Preparing for Yom Kippur is an opportunity to reflect and consider how we can be better in the year ahead as individual Jews, as part of Am Yisrael, connected to Eretz Yisrael

Tags: Yom Kippur, Holidays, History, Soldiers and Defense, Memory, Tradition, Judaism