Paul McCartney Takes a Break From Solo South American Tour to Celebrate Yom Kippur at Synagogue in Chile

“Hey Jude” — or should we say, Jew?Beatles legend Paul McCartney is being called a mensch after he was spotted celebrating Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, at a synagogue in Santiago, Chile Saturday. Mr. McCartney reportedly took a break from his ongoing solo tour in South America to attend services at a Chilean congregation, Círculo Israelita de Santiago, alongside his wife, Nancy Shevell, who is Jewish. “Today we had the privilege of hosting Sir Paul Mc Cartney and his wife Nancy for Iom Kippur in our synagogue in Santiago,” former president of the Jewish community in Chile, Gabriel Zaliasnik, wrote on X. “In times of hate and despair, a bright light of hope for the Jewish people.Photographs of the 82-year-old singer-songwriter wearing a Kippah even caught the attention of the official X account for the state of Israel, which wished Mr. McCartney a “Gmar Chatima Tova,” a traditional Jewish greeting on Yom Kippur. “You say goodbye, and I say hello (to the Jewish new year). Spotted: Sir @PaulMcCartney at Yom Kippur Services in Chile. Gmar Chatima Tova,” the account posted on Saturday. Mr. McCartney performed in Israel in 2008 even though he was pressured by anti-Israel groups to cancel the performance and even faced a death threat from an Islamic militant leader. While Mr. McCartney is not Jewish himself, his third wife, who he married in 2011, is from a prominent Jewish-American family. The couple has been spotted attending services at St. John’s Wood Liberal Synagogue in London. Mr. McCartney’s first wife, Linda Eastman, was also Jewish. His connection to Judaism even inspired music critic, Seth Rogovoy, to dub Mr. McCartney the “Jewish Beatle” based on his “love affair with all things Jewish — including collaborators, business associates, girlfriends and wives.”

Paul McCartney Takes a Break From Solo South American Tour to Celebrate Yom Kippur at Synagogue in Chile

Paul McCartney Takes a Break From Solo South American Tour to Celebrate Yom Kippur at Synagogue in Chile

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