numerous Jewish athletes have chosen not to play on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism. As one of the most culturally significant Jewish holidays...

Yom Kippur (/ˌjɒm kɪˈpʊər, ˌjɔːm ˈkɪpər, ˌjoʊm-/ YOM kip-OOR, YAWM KIP-ər, YOHM-; Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר‎ Yōm Kippūr [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ], lit. 'Day of Atonement')...

of the observance of Yom Kippur. Currently that community now observes it in addition to Yom Kippur; its date is 29 Heshvan, 49 days after Yom Kippur...

ימי תשובה); or, by a further extension, the entire 40-day penitential period in the Jewish year from Rosh Chodesh Elul to Yom Kippur, traditionally taken...

Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of...

theory that a Jewish player who plays on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calender, is doomed to play badly that day. The namesake of the curse comes...

Jewish art, or the art of the Jewish people, encompasses a diverse range of creative endeavors, spanning from ancient Jewish art to contemporary Israeli...

athletes are taken hostage by Black September terrorists. The hostages are killed during a failed rescue attempt. October 6–24, 1973 The Yom Kippur War...

religious observance. Dances associated with Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions, especially Jewish wedding dances, are an integral part of Jewish life around...

Heights in moves largely unrecognized internationally. After the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Israel signed peace treaties with Egypt—returning the Sinai in 1982—and...

selection by The NFL Draft Report as a senior. During his junior year, Bernstein, who is Jewish, fasted in observance of the religious holiday Yom Kippur prior...

in the Jewish community for refusing to play baseball on Yom Kippur. He praised "the diversity of talents and accomplishments" that the Jewish community...

Chinese cuisine History of the Jews in China History of the Jews in Taiwan Kaifeng Jews Jews and Christmas Nittel Nacht, Jewish observance on Christmas Eve Chandler...

unclean houses, genital discharges Acharei Mot, on Leviticus 16–18: Yom Kippur, centralized offerings, sexual practices Kedoshim, on Leviticus 19–20:...

coalition of Arab forces consisting of mainly Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. Egyptian...

repentance at death or on Yom Kippur, (3) in the case of the lighter transgressions of the positive or negative precepts, by repentance at any time [....

is assassinated by the Iron Guard. 1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec...

Hasidic family. She is the granddaughter of Lieutenant Colonel Yoav Vaspi, who was killed in the Yom Kippur War. When she was three years old, she was...

supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War against Egypt and Syria, leading to the quadrupling of oil prices. In 1975, Faisal was assassinated by his nephew, Prince...

sanctioned observance of International Human Rights Day was held in Lviv. On 17 December, an estimated 30,000 attended a public meeting organized in Kyiv by Rukh...

claimed that Gamliel violated lockdown rules by traveling further than 1 km to her in-laws' house for Yom Kippur and attending synagogue there. She did not...