Today is the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of Jewish faith. The name “Yom Kippur” means “Day of Atonement,” and that pretty much explains what the holiday is. It is a day set aside to “afflict the soul,” to atone for the sins of the past year.

Since 1999, Google has a practice of changing their logo on holidays such as St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween, and so on. It also changes its logo for birthdays and other events of note, such as Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh’s birthdays, World Water Day, and National Teacher’s Day.

So, when I surfed over to Google this morning (to look up some info on Yom Kippur), I was a little surprised to see that Google’s logo looks the same as it does on most days (in other words, no special recognition for this very special day). Realizing that Google doesn’t always commemorate every holiday or special occasion every year, I searched Google’s entire special logo archives and didn’t come across a single Yom Kippur logo. In fact, I didn’t find a single special recognition of any Jewish holiday. No Chanukah, no Rosh HaShanah, no Passover.

You’d think if Google had the time to commemorate such “special” days as:

International Women’s Day

and

Bastille Day

and even

The Burning Man festival

…then surely they could find the merit in commemorating a day as important as Yom Kippur.

Back in April, Michelle Malkin and numerous other bloggers (including myself) noticed that Google didn’t change its logo for Easter. At least Google is consistently anti-religion (unless it’s a Pagan-style religious celebration, like Halloween or the Burning Man festival).