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 Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the President's Medal award ceremony at the President residence in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023.

Herzog on Yom Kippur: Being open to change

 VA'ANI TEFILATI (Yoram Raanan)

Why is Yom Kippur the happiest day of the year? - opinion

By GEDALIAH GURFEIN
 Shofars with silver and gold ornamentation on display at the Kol Shofar Gallery, Moshav Ramat Yoav, Israel.

Keeping the echo alive: The last of Israel’s traditional shofar makers

By AARON PORIS/THE MEDIA LINE
 MILLIONS OF Inquisition-era documents are waiting to be unearthed. The writer’s current mission is their digitization.

Kol Nidre: A light of Jewish survival for 600 years - opinion

By GENIE MILGROM
 ‘I HOLD my dad as close in my heart as he held me,’ says the writer.

'Who shall live, who shall die': Matters of life and death on Yom Kippur

By FERN ALLEN
 NEW IMMIGRANTS, survivors of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps, after their arrival at the Atlit reception camp.

How to turn curses into blessings - opinion

Thousands gather for Slihot prayers at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, early on September 22, 2023, before Yom Kippur.

WATCH: Tens of thousands at Western Wall for final Slihot before Yom Kippur

 METAPHOR FOR God: Miorcani flint from the Moldavian Plateau.

Parashat Ha’azinu: The power of ‘tzur’/flint

 OPEN A new, clean page for the coming year.

Yom Kippur: Opportunity for forgiveness

 A MAN blows a shofar at the promenade near the Western Wall, at slihot before Yom Kippur, last year.

If you’re trying to connect to God on Yom Kippur, here’s a prayer for you

By RABBI SHLOMO ZUCKIER/JTA
  The most fascinating part of ‘teshuva’ is the very possibility of it.

'Teshuva': How can one atone for their sins and get God's forgiveness?

By RABBI AHARON E. WEXLER
 Hundreds of people pray at the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto on Yom Kippur (The photograph was taken from a surveillance camera).

AI, pluralism and Israel: What North American rabbis spoke about in their High Holiday sermons

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
 SUNSET MEDITATION at Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center, in Patagonia, Arizona.

Spiritual fasting: Can a diet impact spirituality?

By LIANE GRUNBERG WAKABAYASHI
Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

 ABRAHAM AND the King of Sodom, Genesis 14:22.

'Abraham': A literary reading of the Bible's famous story - review

By MARTIN LOCKSHIN

Strategies for a favorable verdict: Insights for Yom Kippur

By Mark Fish

Is the biblical ark of the covenant hidden in an Ethiopian church?

By Walla!
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 The Ades Synagogue in Jerusalem.

'Selichot Journey': Giving a modern look to High Holy Day prayers - review

By MORDECHAI BECK
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 ‘THE LAST Judgement’ by Fra Angelico: The book focuses on messianism in multiple religions.

'The Struggle for Utopia': Abrahamic faiths surrounded by messianism - review

By JUDY GOLDSTEIN
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