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Yom Kippur Begins At Sundown Amid Spike In Anti-Semitic Incidents

The holiest Jewish holiday of the year begins at sundown on Tuesday.

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Members of an Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn walk through the neighborhood on Yom Kippur in 2016.
Members of an Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn walk through the neighborhood on Yom Kippur in 2016. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NEW YORK — Yom Kippur, the holiest Jewish holiday of the year, begins at sundown Tuesday.

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