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, ...

All will be united by one haunting moment: Kol Nidre. Before Yom Kippur ’s first sunset, the hazan (cantor) will stand before an open Ark, Torah scrolls held like silent witnesses, and begin a slow, ...

Preparing to lead the evening service on Kol Nidre, columnist Edmon J. Rodman takes a short drive to the resting place of Al Jolson for some inspiration and checks in with a real live cantor for ...

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 ...

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 prayer for the ...

Today marks the holiest day of the year for the nearly half a million Jews in South Florida.The haunting Kol Nidre chant on Friday night will be followed by solemn Yom Kippur prayers this morning, ...

In the mid-nineteenth century, a young Jewish boy in Germany was kidnapped and taken to a monastery. His parents, frantic, ran to the courts. The priests denied any "kidnapping"; they claimed that ...