Yom Kippur

Plan for the holiday with smoked salmon and whitefish salad, homemade challah and more recipes.

Jews traditionally observe the holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services.

Columnist Charita Goshay writes that on Yom Kippur, we can embrace its elements of repentance and forgiveness.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Throughout southwest Florida, Jews planned to hold worship services for Yom Kippur, although many were doing so with plans ...

Fasting is an important spiritual practice. But some people may struggle with headaches, fatigue, or hunger pains during Yom Kippur.

3 seriously injured in road accidents; 268 suffer effects of fasting; 285 bike riders require treatment for injuries, 133 expectant mothers taken to the ...

Police are investigating after anti-Semitic flyers were left in a San Marino neighborhood on a Jewish holiday.

Bagels, quiche, fish platters, honey cake and sweet kugel are just a few of the dishes people indulge in after completing their Yom Kippur fast. In order, from ...

Writer Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reflects on what the holiest day in Judaism has meant for her after an experience in Germany changed her connection to ...

This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. KAPLAN-MAYER: I think we live in a culture that encourages our rational mind rather than our intuition, and this was a moment that I listened to it. And so I got up early. GABRIELLE KAPLAN-MAYER: Now, in my mind, I was hoping later that at some point in the semester, I would go and explore in Germany. Some of her friends wanted to go to Oktoberfest in Munich, and she decided to go with them. Yom Kippur ends this evening, and we wanted to reflect on the holiday.

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been taken to hospital after feeling unwell during the Jewish fasting day of Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur, the annual Day of Atonement on the Jewish calendar, is marked by intense prayer and a 25-hour fast. In a statement on social media, Netanyahu said; “I feel better and thank everyone for the support and love.” [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://www.theguardian.com/world/benjamin-netanyahu) has been taken to hospital after feeling unwell during the Jewish fasting day of Yom Kippur.

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu was being kept in hospital overnight Wednesday-Thursday for observation, having felt unwell during Yom Kippur synagogue ...

Immediately on his arrival, he underwent an assessment and a wide-ranging series of tests, all of which came out normal,” the hospital said. The Times of Israel is proud to present a new, limited series podcast, Paralyzed Nation: How Israel's dysfunctional electoral system still can be fixed. Sign in to stop seeing this](//crm.timesofisrael.com/sign-in) Netanyahu was fasting at the time. The statement said he underwent a number of checks at the synagogue which came out normal, and that he “felt fine,” but decided of his own volition to go to Shaare Zedek for further examination. The hospital said late Wednesday that it carried out a series of tests on Netanyahu which also came out normal, and that he was feeling well, and that it had been decided to keep him in overnight for observation.

The former prime minister reportedly fainted during Yom Kippur prayers in a Jerusalem synagogue. Twitter Email LinkedIn Whatsapp Facebook.

In order to be certain, Netanyahu went to the hospital independently.” “The former prime minister began to feel unwell in the synagogue during prayers,” his office said in a statement. [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://www.jpost.com/tags/benjamin-netanyahu) was released from Sha’arei Zedek Medical Center on Thursday after he reportedly fainted during [Yom Kippur](https://www.jpost.com/tags/yom-kippur) prayers the day before in a Jerusalem synagogue.