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 ...

Kol Nidre says: Even your broken vows can be lifted. Even your fractured self is welcome here. It is telling that Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins not with sin, but with words. Judaism has ...

A growing list of synagogues are live-streaming their Yom Kippur services online, bringing the Day of Atonement's sights and sounds to tens of thousands of Jews. Plenty of American Jews are well known ...

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 ...

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’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 ...

Rabbi Carl Choper practices chanting the haunting Nol Kidre prayer. As Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins at sundown Wednesday, Jews will gather for a service that opens with this prayer. If you ...