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26
Sep
2012
9:52am, EDT
Darren Whiteside / Reuters
A man walks along an empty street in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur on Sept. 26.
Oliver Weiken / EPA
Israelis ride bikes on an empty motorway during Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 26.
Street turns into sidewalk during Yom Kippur in Jerusalem
Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement, is the holiest of Jewish holidays, when observant Jews atone for the sins of the past year. Traffic is not allowed during the 25-hour long period.
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God Bless Israel! its hard for non-jews to understand how precisions it is to have a nation that holds your culture, history and believes sacred. Christians and Muslims have many nations, and have lost touch with this.
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Feb
2011
10:35am, EST
Janek Skarzynski / AFP - Getty Images
Bosnian Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric prays in the former German Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on February 1, 2011. A large number of Muslim dignitaries are visiting Auschwitz to pay tribute to the millions of Jews and others who were systematically killed during the Holocaust -- a visit made to fight anti-Semitism and bridge cultural rifts.
Muslim dignitaries at Auschwitz to honor Jews killed during the Holocaust.
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This is a very powerful photo and an important one to share with the world. It shows how our humanity bridges our differences. Thank you
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Street turns into sidewalk during Yom Kippur in Jerusalem

Muslim dignitaries at Auschwitz to honor Jews killed during the Holocaust.