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University discourages required exams on Yom Kippur, religious holidays

University of Wisconsin-Madison students who celebrate Christmas and Easter never have to worry about taking an exam while observing their holidays. But for students who observe holidays such as Yom Kippur, this is not the case. Yom Kippur is a Jewish high holiday in which those observing fast and pray to atone and repent, this year from sundown Tuesday to sundown Wednesday.