Nearly 400 people were praying at Town and Village Synagogue on the first night of Yom Kippur when the threat came in. Shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, as the members of Town and Village Synagogue ...

Although you are not sure why, you don’t want to be late for Kol Nidre. As the sun is going down, there you are in the car, even running a yellow light or two, hurrying toward the shul, temple, rented ...

If American Jewish popular culture is any indication, Kol Nidre is the one prayer American Jews happen to know well. Over the years, they’ve encountered it on long-playing records, like those produced ...

Every year, during the month of Elul, if not before, cantors return to these ancient Aramaic words in reverential search of meaning and inspiration, for they possess a power beyond any others in our ...

Rabbi Baron's High Holy Day Guests will include: Fr. Eamon Kelly, an Irish Catholic Priest, Vice Chargé of the Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center and Vice Director of The Magdala ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — On his way to converting to Christianity, philosopher Franz Rosenzweig attended Yom Kippur services and was so moved that he decided to remain Jewish. One look at the most famous ...

“From this Yom Kippur until the next, may [all vows] be deemed absolved, annulled, and abandoned.” Within Jewish communities, there has always been some reticence towards the Kol Nidrei prayer. The ...

For 70 years, Harry Berke has chanted Kol Nidre at Temple Israel in Gary, Ind. Kol Nidre, which means “All Vows,” is one of the most solemn moments of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio - As dusk settled over the Shaker Lakes Nature Center on Wednesday evening, the quiet of the surrounding woods framed a gathering inside the center’s main building, where one ...

The High Holy Days are a time of joy, reflection, repentance and renewal. Here are the Yom Kippur services for Palm Beach synagogues. Sept. 29: Yom Kippur Eve, candle lighting, 6:50 p.m.; Kol Nidre ...