Yom Kippur

A Touch of Tradition Amid 'Occupy' Protests

By:

Mordechai Shinefeld | Je Feature

Protesters chanted, waved signs and marched around City Hall in downtown Philadelphia, a group of Jewish organizers staged an unusual approach to social activism: They davened the Yom Kippur Kol Nidre service. Next to Emlen Etting's abstract "Phoenix Rising" sculpture, and beneath the watchful eyes of helmeted police officers patrolling the street above, some 100 worshipers gathered in a recessed...

Yom Kippur

Nirvana Through Food?

By:

Elyse Glickman | JE Feature

With Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the rear-view mirror, many Jewish women still find themselves atoning on a daily basis, especially about what they look like and what food sins they may have committed to get there.

Yom Kippur

A Holiday Without Fasting: How to Help Kids Atone, Too

By:

Sarah Chandler, MyJewishLearning

NEW YORK -- For most adults, the central experience of Yom Kippur is fasting. By abstaining from food and drink, we exercise control over our bodies and do not give in to our most basic impulses. This makes it pretty easy to feel the "affliction" that the Torah mandates. But parents sometimes find it difficult to include children in the...

Health

Fast Forward

Binge or bust: How to prepare for that last meal before Yom Kippur

By:

Rita Charleston, JE Feature

I always loved going to my Bubbe Minnie's house, especially during the High Holidays. She'd sit around her dining table with me -- one of her younger grandchildren -- enjoying the last meal before Yom Kippur, and telling me I didn't have to start fasting until I got up from the table. Actually, because I was only 3 or 4...

Food

Prepping for Prayer

... and hearty meals for the holidays

Food is a vital part of the holidays, even at Yom Kippur, which is preceded by a major meal and followed by a break-the-fast supper. Orthodox Union recipe expert Eileen Goltz offers the following recipes for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Goltz was born and raised in the Chicago area, and graduated from Indiana University and the Cordon Bleu...