How to Use Yom Kippur in a Sentence

Yom Kippur

noun
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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
  • 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
  • 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

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