
TEL AVIV-YAFO, Israel — It is the most solemn day on the Jewish calendar.
Yet an unholy fracas broke out in a central Tel Aviv square on Yom Kippur, as heated divisions between staunchly secular and Modern Orthodox Israelis—usually sidelined by the solemnity and unity of the occasion—shattered the sanctity of the holy day after secular protesters prevented their fellow Jews from holding a gender-separate prayer service in public.