American Yom Kippur: How Jews Across the U.S. Observe the Holiest Day of the Year

From 200-mile treks to synagogue to spiritual striving, readers share the rituals that define Judaism’s holiest day for them.Yonah Lempert Luecken, of Homer, Alaska, drives more than 200 miles the day before Yom Kippur to attend services at Congregation Beth Shalom in Anchorage.