Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Megilat Hitler, now displayed at Yad Vashem Handwritten calendars, prayer books, and testimonies at Yad Vashem show how Jewish ...

The holiest day in the Jewish calendar is here, and will include a day of fasting, prayer and repentance. Yom Kippur is the day-long fast that comes a week after Rosh Hashanah. These special dates are ...

Jewish people observe the High Holy Days in the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar, starting this year on the evening of September 22. These holidays commemorate concepts such as renewal, ...

Congregation Beth Israel, the largest Jewish congregation in San Diego and oldest in Southern California, is holding services in its sanctuary and streaming them online for those who can’t attend in ...

Elul: It’s the month that quietly ushers in one of the most spiritually significant seasons on the Jewish calendar, even though many Jews might not be familiar with it. It is the final month on the ...

The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, celebrating the Jewish New Year, starts at sundown Monday evening. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days leading up ...

The annual Jewish calendar is filled with days of joy and celebration, alongside other occasions marked by loss, bereavement, and recognition of national and personal tragedies. An underlying constant ...

The most solemn and holiest of Jewish holidays is being observed. Yom Kippur began on Wednesday, Oct. 1, and ends the evening of Thursday, Oct. 2. It takes place in either September or October, but ...

The two-day holiday known as Rosh Hashanah kicks off the beginning of the Jewish "High Holidays," a ten-day period of repentance and reflection that culminates with Yom Kippur, also known as the Day ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, is a day of fasting, prayer and repentance. In 2025, Yom Kippur begins at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 1, and ends at nightfall on Thursday, Oct. 2.