Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah... most non-Jewish people have at least a vague idea of what those Jewish holidays commemorate, celebrate or honor. But how about Shavuot, the "Feast of Weeks?" ...

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the most holy day of the Jewish year. It's considered the most important holiday, the "Sabbath of Sabbaths," in Judaism. Falling in the month of Tishrei (September ...

Yom Kippur is just around the corner. Known as the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur is the most holy day of the Jewish calendar. It usually falls in September or October, 10 days after Rosh Hashanah.

The two-day holiday known as Rosh Hashanah kicks off what Jews refer to as the "High Holidays," a ten-day period of repentance and reflection that culminates with Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of ...