How is Yom Kippur celebrated? Yom Kippur is typically celebrated with a day of reflection, prayer and fasting. Followers of the Jewish faith attend religious services and do not eat from sundown to ...

The holiest day of the year in Judaism begins on Wednesday, Oct. 1, just before sunset. It's called Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, and it lasts about 26 hours or until nightfall on Thursday. Yom ...

The Jewish faithful have many celebrations, and for some, the most solemn — Yom Kippur — is set to begin. Yom Kippur is a time of reflection and marks the end of a stretch of days that begin with the ...

The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur begins Sunday at sundown. The Day of Atonement is the holiest and most somber day on the Jewish calendar. In normal times, synagogues all over the world would be ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, a congregation in Los Angeles, about her message this year during the Yom Kippur holiday.

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. is widely considered the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar. It is being observed this year from around sunset on Wednesday, Oct. 1, until after nightfall ...

The holiest Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, begins at sundown today, Oct. 1, described as the Day of Atonement where fasting, prayer and repentance will take place for 25 hours. Yom Kippur is different ...

Yom Kippur is the most important day of the year for the Jewish faith and ends the 10-day period of repentance and reflection known as the "High Holidays," which began with Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur, ...

Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is a holiday where Jewish people reflect on their sins and ask for forgiveness from God and those they have wronged. Yom Kippur will be observed from ...