Yom Kippur

FILE - Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to right-wing opposition party members, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, June 14, 2021. Netanyahu was hospitalized on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, after feeling unwell during the Jewish fasting day of Yom Kippur. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Israel’s Netanyahu leaves hospital after overnight stay

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been released from a Jerusalem hospital, his party said, a day after he was admitted complaining of chest pains.

Israel’s Netanyahu hospitalized weeks before election

Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz supervises the pantry inside the Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, in Fort Myers, Fla. The synagogue has been transformed into a full-fledged community center with food trucks and a pantry. They plan on celebrating Yom Kippur on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Amid Ian’s wounds, Jews see healing, renewal in Yom Kippur

Police officers stay in front of the entrance to the Jewish Community building in Hagen, Germany, Tursday, Sept. 16, 2021. Numerous police officers protected the synagogue in the night, the police spoke of indications of a possible dangerous situation. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)

German police detain teen after Yom Kippur synagogue threat

Women take part in a Tashlich ceremony, where they wrote down things they want to release before casting them into a fire, on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Tashlich, which means 'to cast away' in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israel comes to halt for solemn day of Yom Kippur

In this photo provided by Israel Eisenberg, Israel "Sasha" Eisenberg, center, is photographed with his parents and younger brother Moty at the Hallein Displaced Persons Camp in Austria in 1947 after World War II. Eisenberg recently became reunited, after more than 70 years, with fellow Holocaust survivor Ruth Brandspiegel, whom he met at the displaced camp in Austria where they became friends. (Courtesy of Israel Eisenberg via AP)

Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors 71 years later

NEW YORK (AP) — Holocaust survivors Ruth Brandspiegel and Israel “Sasha” Eisenberg call their reunion a miracle that began on the holiest day in Judaism, and it only happened thanks to a prayer service that was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men wearing face masks, are reflected on a door window, as they pray ahead of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Sunday during a three-week nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israelis mark Yom Kippur under ‘painful’ virus lockdown

JERUSALEM (AP) — The solemn Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which annually sees Israeli life grind to a halt, begins on Sunday in a nation already under a sweeping coronavirus lockdown.

Police officers stand by a knife, seen on the ground, in Paris, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. French terrorism authorities are investigating a knife attack that wounded at least two people Friday near the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, authorities said. A suspect has been arrested. (Soufian Fezzani Via AP)

France vows to protect its Jewish community after stabbing

PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister promised Sunday to protect France’s Jewish community from extremists after a double stabbing in Paris blamed on Islamic terrorism.

Police patrol in front of the 'New Synagogue' at Oranienburger Strasse in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Millions have be provided to enhance the security of Jewish sites, but some say it is still not enough and also doesn't tackle the question whether Jewish life can ever be normal and safe in Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Yom Kippur synagogue attack leaves German Jews still uneasy

BERLIN (AP) — As Jews around the world gather Sunday night to mark the beginning of Yom Kippur, many in Germany remain uneasy about going together to their houses of worship to pray, a year after a white-supremacist targeted a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle on the holiest day in Judaism.

An Israeli woman walks past banners encouraging people to wear face masks in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced plans for a strict, two-week nationwide lockdown in a bid to slow a raging coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel tightens second lockdown as coronavirus cases soar

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday moved to further tighten its second countrywide lockdown as coronavirus cases continued to soar, ordering all nonessential businesses to close and requiring people to stay within 1,000 meters (yards) of their homes.

With anti-Semitism on the rise again, there are steps everyone can take to counter it

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2 dead in attack targeting German synagogue on Yom Kippur

HALLE, Germany (AP) — A heavily armed assailant ranting about Jews tried to force his way into a synagogue in Germany on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day, then shot two people to death nearby in an attack Wednesday that was livestreamed on a popular gaming site.

On Yom Kippur, remembering Mosul’s rich and diverse past

Stephennie Mulder, University of Texas at Austin

Stamford High students experience Jewish traditions

Editor’s note: This article was written by Stamford High School students and published in the school’s newspaper, The Round Table.