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, ...

The music of the Kol Nidre prayer has touched Jews and non Jews, musicians and writers. One writer recalls how it marked the end of a year of personal disorder and helped her heal Become a member ...

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 ('all our vows') is a Jewish prayer recited on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The programme looks at performances of it and the melody added by Max Bruch. Contributors include cellists ...

The text is straightforward but dry. It’s a little like singing a rental agreement. Yet “Kol Nidre,” the liturgy for Yom Kippur eve, is one of the most spiritually powerful experiences Jewish worship ...

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LOS ANGELES, Calif.-- In 1959, Johnny Mathis released “Kol Nidre"--the Aramaic prayer traditionally intoned at the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement--as a 7-inch single. Yes, that Johnny ...

A California-based live webcast of Kol Nidre services is expected to garner more than 40,000 viewers. The service led by Rabbi Naomi Levy of Nashuva, including preaching, traditional prayer, ...