How to Use Yom Kippur in a Sentence

Yom Kippur

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• She was born on the first day of the Yom Kippur War, Israel’s fifth war since it was founded in 1948.
  — Galit Atlas, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2023
• And it was signed in the middle of an oil crisis triggered by the Yom Kippur War.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
• The 1973 Yom Kippur War was, much like the war in Ukraine, more than a regional conflict.
  — Ed Cox, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2023
• After the Yom Kippur War, the government made the decision to move ahead with the peace process with Egypt.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• Game 1 fell on Yom Kippur, and Koufax refused to pitch.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Koufax had refused to pitch the opening game of the 1965 World Series because of Yom Kippur.
  — Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2024
• Four weeks ago Hamas launched the bloodiest attack on Israel since the Yom Kippur war 50 years ago.
  — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
• The first Yom Kippur took place after the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2023
• Court will not be in session Wednesday because of Yom Kippur.
  — Terry Spencer, ajc, 4 Oct. 2022
• In the Yom Kippur War, for comparison, that number stood at 7,200.
  — Adi Rubinstein, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
• Just before dusk settled over Los Angeles and Yom Kippur began, the two sides announced the deal.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Almog noted that his brother died during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
  — Etgar Lefkovits, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
• Most reservists were already in Israel at the time of the call-up – the largest such compulsory mobilization since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
  — Helen Coster and Alexander Cornwell, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2023
• Victory came, but Israelis could neither forgive nor forget the cost of the Yom Kippur War, as the conflict would later be known.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
• On Yom Kippur, by social convention, almost all Israeli Jews keep their cars parked.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
• The sundown start of the Yom Kippur holiday on Sept. 24 became a soft target set as an unofficial deadline to reach a deal or, once again, retreat.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
• Even more complex was Kissinger’s shuttle diplomacy following the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
  — Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
• Rosh Hashana marks the start of a crush of upcoming holy days, including Yom Kippur, the Jewish calendar’s most important occasion.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
• The current school year calendar was approved by a 4-1 vote last year, with Dorsey voting against after her suggestion of canceling school on Yom Kippur was not taken.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
• There are remarkable similarities between the dynamic that led to the Yom Kippur War and today.
  — Uri Kaufman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023
• The festival coincided with Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
  — Malina Saval, Variety, 19 Apr. 2023
• It is assumed that there will be many more resignations when the war is finally over and there is a full government investigation, as there was after the Yom Kippur War.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
• But, the archbishop continued, the war nearby—the 1973 Yom Kippur War—had made travel dangerous and complicated.
  — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• Rather than write with a pen or pencil, which Jews are prohibited from doing on Yom Kippur and the Sabbath, worshipers designated what to give by bending a perforated tab.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• As well as last week's hospital stay, he was also hospitalized in October after feeling ill during prayers on Yom Kippur, a day when observant Jews fast.
  — Paul Goldman, NBC News, 23 July 2023
• Little progress was made over the weekend, and with Congress not returning until Tuesday evening after being off for the Yom Kippur holiday, there's so little time left a shutdown is being seen as almost inevitable.
  — Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• Netanyahu is said to be in generally good health, though he was briefly hospitalized last October after feeling unwell during prayers on Yom Kippur, a day when observant Jews fast.
  — Tia Goldenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
• During Yom Kippur in October 2022, Netanyahu took ill while visiting a synagogue.
  — Amir Tal, CNN, 15 July 2023
• Netanyahu was previously hospitalized in October after feeling ill during prayers on Yom Kippur, a day when observant Jews fast.
  — Paul Goldman, NBC News, 16 July 2023
• In 1973, military reservists returning from the Yom Kippur war, angry at their leaders’ failure to prevent its outbreak, ultimately helped drive political opposition to the government of the day.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024