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 ...

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 ...

There is no more haunting, or moving, hymn sung on any Jewish holiday than Kol Nidre, which was chanted Sunday night to usher in the 24-plus hours of prayer and fasting referred to as the Day of ...

A decision to eliminate the recital of the Kol Nidre formula from the Yom Kippur night service was taken by the trustees of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, 15 West 86 Street, a ...

I read with much interest, the recent action of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, and that of my dear friend and teacher, Prof, Mordecal M. Kaplan, in reference to the substitution of the ...

For cellist Robert Deutsch, the pleading and mournful melody of the Kol Nidre prayer has resonated throughout his life. As part of the High Holy Day services in the synagogue he attended as he ...

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 ...

During this time of the year if we were in real life, I’d be knee deep in my High Holy Days practicing. Scheduling time each day to read through my services out loud and of course to be practicing the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Rabbi Baron's High Holy Day Guests will include: Fr. Eamon Kelly, an Irish ...

I’ve been spending the morning pacing around the house singing Kol Nidre while my two-year-old son Jacob toddles about playing with his toys. Just like every year, it seems, the High Holidays arrive ...