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 ...

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 ...

Jews around the world will gather after sundown today to hear the haunting melody of the Kol Nidre prayer during a service that marks the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. Kol ...

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 ...

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During the 2022 Major League Baseball season, 16 Jewish players appeared in at least one game, continuing a string of seasons when Jewish players were in the double digits. In 2020, I published an ...

The haunting strains of Kol Nidre, part of the Yom Kippur liturgy, is for many Jews the sound of the High Holy Days. People who rarely set foot inside a synagogue will attend services next week, ...

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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 ...

Of all the Jewish prayers, Kol Nidre is one of the most recognizable—and certainly the most controversial. Neil Diamond intoned it in order to penetrate the stone heart of his cantor father at the end ...

What exactly is Kol Nidre and what gives it its unique power? This is actually a very puzzling question because if you look at Kol Nidre itself, you will see, first of all, it's not even a prayer.

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 ...