Chanting the Book of Jonah
Follow along as a cantor chants the traditional Hebrew melody for the Book of Jonah which will be read tomorrow on Yom Kippur. Jonah was a perplexing prophet whose story teaches us essential lessons on true repentance.
The Yom Kippur War
Watch this fascinating documentary about the Yom Kippur War and how Israel fended off a surprise attack from both Egypt and Syria, despite incurring heavy losses.
Israel Works To Ensure Peaceful Overlap of Jewish and Christian Holidays
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. (Psalms 34:15) For the first time since Israel’s inception in 1948, the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) and the Christian holiday of the Feast of the Cross will overlap this year when the sun sets on Friday. Due to the sensitive […]
The Book of Jonah
We read the biblical Book of Jonah on Yom Kippur. Learn Hebrew by following along with the Hebrew text, English translation and phonetic transliteration.
Yom Kippur for Kids!
In this fun new video from Israel365 for Kids, you will learn what “Yom Kippur” means in Hebrew along with the deeper significance of the Biblical festival like why Jews don’t eat and do wear white clothing on their holiest day of the year. Share it with the next generation!
Chant the Book of Jonah
Listen to a cantor chant the traditional Hebrew melody for the Book of Jonah which will be read on Yom Kippur and follow along in Hebrew or in English.
Ben Gurion Airport Braces For Second Wave of Holiday Travelers
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen shall call upon the mount Ephraim: arise ye, and let us go up to Zion, unto the LORD our God.’ (Jeremiah 31:5) Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport prepared itself Sunday for another influx of visitors to the Holy Land with the upcoming Jewish holidays of Yom […]
“Israel Returns” Brings Newly Discovered Polish Jews To The Holy Land
I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. (Hosea 14:6) Israel Returns, an organization that aims to strengthen the connection between descendants of Jews and the State of Israel and the Jewish people recently brought sixteen young Polish Jews, many of whom […]
Israeli Tennis Team Fined for Refusing to Play on Yom Kippur
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; there shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And ye shall do no manner of work […]
Israel Offers to Help Out America By Forgoing Aid
“And the Lord changed the fortune of Job, when he prayed for his friends; and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before” (Job 42:10) With the Jewish month of Elul upon us, the last month of the year before the Jews observe Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, the Days of Awe, […]
