The recent Yom Kippur—or Jewish new year—festival and its “Kol Nidrei” prayer, which gives Jews the right to break “all vows” and promises for the next year, is one of the most important Jewish ceremonies, and is almost entirely unknown to Gentiles. According to the Jewish Virtual Library (JVL)—which is run by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) Jewish lobby—the Kol... 

Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure to extend a freeze on building Jewish settlements ahead of peace talks with Hillary Clinton and Mahmoud Abbas. Jerusalem says EU demand for discussions on eve of Yom Kippur is highly insensitive. Israel has said it will not meet a delegation of European foreign ministers, including William Hague, this week as diplomatic pressure mounts on its government to extend...