Yom Kippur
Oct 10 - Oct 11
Day of Atonement. It is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar marked with fasting, worship, and repentance.
Religious/Ethnic Group: Jewish
Tradition/Practices: Observers attend services, and in other ways reflect on transgressions of the past year. Many fast, refrain from work or writing, refrain from using electricity or driving.
*Jewish holidays begin at sundown