American Jews were not sure how to respond. Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War — which broke out on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar in 1973 and lasted for about three weeks — some of ...

The Yom Kippur War was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. The majority of combat between the two sides took ...

Ed Karrens: It was the afternoon of October the 6th, the Jewish Holy Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. Jews throughout ... Arabs of starting the fourth war in the 25 years of Israeli independence.

This week we mark 50 years to the Yom Kippur War. Micky Bentov from Melbourne, was born in Jerusalem and grew up in Kibbutz Heftziba, one of the oldest, most beautiful Kibbutzim in Israel.

TEL AVIV (JTA) – The arrival of U.S. fighter jets in Israel, part of a monthlong arms drop, was critical to turning the tide of the Yom Kippur War in favor of the Jewish state. But for the ...

In 1973 they launched major offensives against Israel on the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur. The Egyptians drove the Israelis from the Suez Canal. FISK: The '73 war, the crossing of the Suez Canal ...

History sometimes offers lessons from the past, and the Kursk offensive recalls a similarly daring move by Israel in the Yom ...

Yom Kippur is a day to reflect on the past year and ask God's forgiveness for any sins. Instead of work or school, many Jews attend the synagogue where they pray throughout the day. They break ...