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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 494

Yom Kippur

Congregants from Ec Chajim pray in Prague's Klausen Synagogue on Yom Kippur, October 11, 2024. (Dana Cabanova; courtesy of the Jewish Museum in Prague)
October 13, 2024, 11:32 pm
Historic Prague synagogue sees first Yom Kippur service since the Holocaust
Until recently home to a Jewish Museum exhibit, 17th-century Klausen hosted a local progressive congregation whose regular space couldn’t fit the crowds expected for the sacred day
By Shira Li Bartov
Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell leave a Yom Kippur service at Circulo Israelita de Santiago, Oct. 12, 2024. (Courtesy Circulo Israelita de Santiago)
October 13, 2024, 4:40 pm
Paul McCartney spotted rocking Yom Kippur services in Chile
The British music legend, whose wife is Jewish, has attended High Holiday prayers in the past, and has been described as having a ‘love affair with all things Jewish’
By ToI Staff and JTA
Bais Chaya Mushka, a Jewish girls' school in Toronto, Canada, in an undated photo. (Screenshot)
October 13, 2024, 6:54 am
Toronto Jewish school targeted by gunfire during Yom Kippur, in 2nd attack in months
Trudeau says he’s ‘very disturbed’ by incident, which comes amid dramatic rise in antisemitic attacks in the country as war rages in Middle East
By AFP and ToI Staff
Families of hostages held captive by Hamas terrorists in Gaza block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv with other activists during a protest calling for the hostages' release, October 12, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
October 13, 2024, 3:13 am
‘No forgiveness’: Yom Kippur-themed protests slam Netanyahu for ‘neglecting’ hostages
5 arrested as activists block Tel Aviv highway, light tires to form message: ‘Sorry we were taken hostage’; Families Forum and others arrange prayer services at Hostages Square
By ToI Staff
Empty streets in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays, October 12, 2024 (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
October 12, 2024, 8:35 pm
Medics treat 2,842 for injuries on Yom Kippur, including three wounded by rocket blast
12 hurt running to bomb shelters; 286 suffer effects of fasting; 283 injured in car accidents or biking; 146 women in labor taken to hospital, with one baby delivered in ambulance
By ToI Staff
Sandy Koufax pitches during Game 7 of the 1965 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Minnesota Twins, Oct. 14, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images, via JTA)
October 12, 2024, 6:47 pm
In 1965, Sandy Koufax famously didn’t pitch on Yom Kippur. But did he go to shul?
Daniel Schloff, 17 at the time, recalls the Dodgers star pitcher sitting in front of him at Temple of Aaron synagogue in St. Paul, Minnesota: ‘He was there 100% and I sat behind him 100%’
By jacob gurvis
The empty streets in Tel Aviv, on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays. October 11, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
October 11, 2024, 7:30 pm
Israel, on high alert, marks Yom Kippur amid war for first time since 1973
Israel shuts down for Holy Day, but residents urged to employ special alert systems in place; 120 rockets fired at start of holiday; war-zone soldiers instructed not to fast
By ToI Staff
A public bomb shelter where Israelis were murdered during the October 7 massacre one year ago, on a road near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, September 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 11, 2024, 2:23 am
One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning
Leaders try to find ways to ritualize grief, with some putting out supplements to the usual prayers that focus on the tragedy and 12 months of conflict with no end in sight
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Hostage families and their supporters demand the government reach a deal to free their loved ones, in Tel Aviv, October 10, 2024. (Pro-Democracy Protest Movement/Danor Aharon)
October 10, 2024, 11:32 pm
Rallies in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem demand ‘cabinet of death’ reach hostage deal
Marchers carry sign saying ‘there’s no rebirth without a deal,’ referencing PM’s desired name change for war; marking Yom Kippur, protesters ask for hostages’ forgiveness
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, in photos released on October 10, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 10, 2024, 10:47 pm
New top Sephardic rabbi backs rulings that soldiers in combat must eat on Yom Kippur
Seeking to allay concerns of ultra-Orthodox troops in Gaza, David Yosef notes existing protocols barring them from fasting, says when in doubt they should turn to IDF rabbis
By Mati Wagner
Secular and Orthodox activists clash after the religious Rosh Yehudi group sets up a gender divider made of Israeli flags in defiance of a municipality decision at a public prayer service in Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur, September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
October 10, 2024, 2:16 pm
Despite winning court battle, group cancels outdoor Yom Kippur prayers in Tel Aviv
Citing concern of saboteurs disrupting gender-separated services even after court confirmed their legality, Rosh Yehudi says they’ll be held inside to keep the peace
By Mati Wagner
Illustrative: Members of the Florida Army National Guard check for any remaining residents in nearly deserted Bradenton Beach, where piles of debris from Hurricane Helene flooding still sits outside damaged homes ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, October 8, 2024, on Anna Maria Island, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
October 9, 2024, 4:45 pm
As Florida braces for Hurricane Milton, rabbi defies evacuation order so he can help
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Fort Myers plans to host Yom Kippur services as local Jewish leaders try to negotiate the holiday amid the storm’s dangers
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A woman argues with Rosh Yehudi activists at a mass street prayer for Yom Kippur on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
October 9, 2024, 5:00 am
High Court to rule on public Tel Aviv Yom Kippur prayer amid fears of repeat clashes
On Wednesday morning, judges are set to weigh in on a controversial service that underscores deep rifts in Israeli society and saw violent confrontations when it was held last year
By Mati Wagner
Craig Berko, director of membership at Temple Beth Sholom, prepares to hand out prayer books during a Shabbat service, September 27, 2024, in Miami Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
October 1, 2024, 9:44 am
US Jews report ‘difficult time’ as High Holidays and October 7 anniversary coincide
At peak of religious calendar, synagogues to commemorate deadly Hamas attack on Israel, amid rising antisemitism and pain over ongoing war, remaining hostages
By AP and ToI Staff
Alina Plahti (Courtesy)
November 14, 2023, 2:25 am
The Jewishness of some Hamas victims sparks bitter disputes over their burial
At the rabbinate’s insistence, two non-Jewish Israelis have been buried ‘outside the fence’ despite their families’ wishes, while others fight to cremate their loved ones
By Canaan Lidor
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