Mazal Tov! Bris & Birthday

As an uplifting 25 hours of Yom Kippur ebbed away, thousands of locals and guests used their last bits of fast day energy to dance the night away with the singing of ‘Napoleon’s March’. Following the end of the fast, those gathered rushed out of the shul to grab themselves a bite to eat. Photographer Dov Ber Hechtman was on scene to snap several special moments of Motzei Yom Kippur 5782 •  Photos

Thousands packed 770 for an awe-inspiring, uplifting 25 hours of Yom Kippur. Photographer Dov Ber Hechtman was on scene erev yom tov with his camera to capture several special moments of moments before Yom Kippur 5782 • Photos

Hundreds of local community members gathered in Paris earlier this week to do the traditional kapparos ritual. Images captured by photographer Mordechai Lubecki • Photos

A 16-year-old boy and three other people were detained Thursday in connection with a suspected plan for an Islamic extremist attack on a synagogue in the German city of Hagen, authorities said. The detentions took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, and two years after a deadly attack in another German city on the Yom Kippur holiday • Full Story, Photos