This past week I joined worshippers throughout South Florida, Israel and around the world as we gathered in synagogues to observe Judaism’s holiest day – Yom Kippur. This day of prayer and fasting is ...

The infiltration of southern Israel by Hamas at daybreak Saturday amid a religious holiday prompted Israel's prime minister to declare the nation "at war" and stoked memories of another surprise ...

It was a surprise attack by Syrian tank columns and Egyptian brigades, according to Reuters. It caught the Israeli military off guard as they were starting to observe Yom Kippur, which is the the ...

Israeli tanks crossing the desert during the Yom Kippur War. The Yom Kippur War merged tragedy and triumph, leaving us in a confusing state of sorrow mixed with joy. Initially stunned by a surprise ...

This month is the fiftieth anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War—a coordinated, surprise attack by Egypt and Syria on Israel on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The war lasted 18 days, in ...

Oct. 10 (UPI) --Preparations for the solemn Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, when the observant atone for their sins through fasting and prayer, were underway in Israel Thursday amid a time of war on ...

In the fall of 2023, I spent Yom Kippur in a synagogue, as I often do. I am not, on balance, observant, but for 25 hours I abstained from food and water. I thought about where I’d fallen short in the ...

The post Zamir urges ‘external’ probe into Oct. 7 failures, like ‘after Yom Kippur War,’ but avoids calling for state inquiry ...

Zeira, whose dismissal of warnings before the 1973 war left Israel blindsided, became one of the most controversial figures in the nation’s military and intelligence history ...