Understanding (and Respecting) the Jewish Holiday Yom Kippur

This blog provides context on what the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur is and how you can celebrate and promote inclusion around it in the workplace.

Understanding (and Respecting) the Jewish Holiday Yom Kippur
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Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is a Jewish holiday dedicated to coming together in community to reflect, ask forgiveness for wrongdoings committed during the past year, and resolve to do better going forward. For millennia, Yom Kippur has been regarded as the most important, solemn, and holy day in the annual Jewish calendar.