Observance in Israel
Yom Kippur is a legal holiday in the modern state of Israel. There are no radio or television broadcasts, airports are shut down, there is no public transportation, and all shops and businesses are closed.[29]
In 2013, 73% of the Jewish people of Israel said that they were intending to fast on Yom Kippur.[30]
It is considered impolite to eat in public on Yom Kippur or to sound music or to drive a motor vehicle. There is no legal prohibition on any of these, but in practice such actions are almost universally avoided in Israel during Yom Kippur,[31] except for emergency services.
Over the last few decades, bicycle-riding and inline skating on the empty streets have become common among secular Israeli youths, especially on the eve of Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv[32]
In 1973, an air raid siren was sounded on the afternoon of Yom Kippur and radio broadcasts were resumed to alert the public to the surprise attack on Israel by Egypt and Syria that launched the Yom Kippur War.
NOT SURE IF THE STATE OF ISRAEL TODAY FOLLOWS WHAT IS MENTIONED ABOVE - Keith Hunt
Observance by athletes
Some notable athletes have observed Yom Kippur, even when it conflicted with playing their sport.
In baseball, Sandy Koufax, the Hall of Fame pitcher, decided not to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur. Koufax garnered national attention for his decision, as an example of the conflict between social pressures and personal beliefs.[33]
Hall of Fame first baseman Hank Greenberg attracted national attention in 1934, nearly three decades earlier, when he refused to play baseball on Yom Kippur, even though the Tigers were in the middle of a pennant race, and he was leading the league in runs batted in.[34] The Detroit Free Press columnist and poet Edgar A. Guest wrote a poem titled "Speaking of Greenberg", which ended with the lines "We shall miss him on the infield and shall miss him at the bat / But he's true to his religion—and I honor him for that."[35] When Greenberg arrived in synagogue on Yom Kippur, the service stopped suddenly, and the congregation gave an embarrassed Greenberg a standing ovation.[36]
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Shawn Green, similarly, made headlines in 2001 for sitting out a game for the first time in 415 games (then the longest streak among active players) on Yom Kippur, even though his team was in the middle of a playoff race.[34] Other baseball players who have similarly sat out games on Yom Kippur include former Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis, former Houston Astros catcher and former Los Angeles Angels manager Brad Ausmus, and outfielder Art Shamsky.[37][38][39]
Gabe Carimi, the Consensus All-American left tackle in American football who won the 2010 Outland Trophy as the nation's top collegiate interior lineman, faced a conflict in his freshman year of college in 2007. That year Yom Kippur fell on a Saturday, and he fasted until an hour before his football game against Iowa started that night.[40][41][42] Carimi said, "Religion is a part of me, and I don't want to just say I'm Jewish. I actually do make sacrifices that I know are hard choices."[40][43][44]
in 2004, Matt Bernstein, standout fullback at University of Wisconsin–Madison, fasted on Yom Kippur, then broke his fast on the sidelines before rushing for 123 yards in a game against Penn State.[45]
In 2011, golfer Laetitia Beck declined a request to join the University of North Carolina Tar Heels Invitational competition, because it conflicted with Yom Kippur.[46][47] Instead, she spent the day fasting and praying.[46] She said: "My Judaism is very important to me, and ... on Yom Kippur, no matter what, I have to fast."[46]
Boris Gelfand, Israel's top chess player, played his game in the prestigious London Grand Prix Chess Tournament on 25 September 2012 (eve of Yom Kippur) earlier, to avoid playing on the holiday.[48]
In 2013, the International Tennis Federation fined the Israel Tennis Association "more than $13,000 ... for the inconvenience" of having to reschedule a tennis match between the Israeli and Belgian teams that was originally scheduled on Yom Kippur.[49][50]
Dudi Sela, Israel's #1 player, quit his quarterfinal match in the third set of the 2017 Shenzhen Open so he could begin observing Yom Kippur by the time the sun set, forfeiting a possible $34,000 in prize money and 90 rankings points.[51][52]
Professional wrestler Bill Goldberg has notably refused to wrestle a match on Yom Kippur.[53][54]
WELL GOD HAS SIX OTHER FESTIVALS WITH SABBATH DAYS INCLUDED----
THEY DO NOT GET THE ATTENTION AS YOM KIPPUR
DOES.
SO GOES THE THEOLOGY OF MODERIAM--- PICK AND CHOOSE HOW YOU WILL WORSHIP GOD; ADD THIS, TAKE AWAY FROM THAT, MIX AND MATCH WITH TRADITIONS OF MEN, WHILE REJECTING THE COMMANDS OF GOD, OR OBEYING THIS COMMAND WHILE REJECTING THE OTHER COMMANDS.
JESUS SPOKE ABOUT IT ALL IN MARK 7.
WHERE ARE YOU IN SERVING THE LORD?
ALL THE WAY?
ANY OLD WAY?
AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF ACTS; GOD ONCE TOOK A BLIND EYE, BUT NOW CALLS ALL TO REPENTANCE-----
"AND THE TIMES OF THIS IGNORANCE GOD WINKED AT; BUT NOW COMMANDS ALL MEN EVERY WHERE TO REPENT" ACTS 17: 30.
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Keith Hunt
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