What does Yom Kippur mean to you?

Comparisons have been made with the situation faced by ace Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax, who refused to pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur.

I grew up in Dallas where there were six Jews in my grade.

“She is celebrating Yom Kippur at home, with her family and her synagogue near Palm Springs”, Boxer spokesman Zachary Coile said. Now, I don’t personally believe in “sins” AT ALL. My feet felt the floor slanting down towards the front row. My wife, Devorah Leah, and my three young children were the light at the tunnel that kept me focused and positive through the darkest of moments.

An Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) soldier has called on people to forgive each other and put “feelings of anger and hurt” behind them during Yom Kippur.

The badges were required to be sewn on the clothes of every Jewish person in Europe and be worn out in public on certain occasions, according to the Holocaust Center in Michigan.

Often translated as the Day of Atonement, the Jewish holiday runs from sundown tonight until night falls again Wednesday, ending a day of fasting and reflection.

He was seriously wounded during the war, and spent a year recovering. It doesn’t mean you have to be religious or that you have to follow the same traditions you were raised with. As a preventative measure for the safety of the citizens, non-Muslims will not be allowed access to the Temple Mount during the four-day holiday, just as some Muslims will be barred from the holy site during Yom Kippur.

But in hindsight I realize that Judaism is filled with many physical acts which help to change our emotional and intellectual perspective. As we advocate to remove barriers to participation, we would do well to convey the message of integration to parents and siblings.

He went on to point out that the Jewish settler movement “has its own educational system based on Talmudic teachings, which include racism against non-Jews, the murder of Arabs, and the ultimate destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque”. It is important that successful Jews with disabilities be part of this mix. That’s ultimately what all these posts are about: How do I make the holidays meaningful and, by extension, how do I make my life meaningful? If something you’ve been doing all your life doesn’t work for you, you are empowered to approach the holiday differently. Jews with disabilities, families and community leaders must “weave together” to create the spiritual building blocks of integration. The haunting melody of Avinu Malkeinu (“Our Father, Our King”) being sung by the entire congregation was powerful enough to shake the strongest of edifices, and I was far from strong at that moment.