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 ...

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.

Temple Solel’s new spiritual leader has taken cues from parents to include as many age groups as possible during the High Holy Days. So Rabbi Jeffrey Kurtz-Lendner came up with The Early, Noisy, Rowdy ...

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 charismatic preaching, traditional ...

Plenty of American Jews are well known for attending synagogue twice a year, on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Two (or three) days too much? You’re in luck: Forgiveness can be found from the comfort of ...

(This post was written before the war started. More to come on that.) Now that we are concluding the Tishrei Holidays, I have a great deal to digest. As a Jewish educator and former day school teacher ...

A Kol Nidre service will take place at the protest movement known as Occupy Wall Street. The service, which ushers in Yom Kippur, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday in Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, in ...

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 ...

Last year, 40,000 viewers tuned in to the online Kol Nidre service, according to the organization. The viewers included guests at a resort in the Costa Rican rainforest, a hospital patient in Brooklyn ...

When Rabbi Naomi Levy conducted Kol Nidre services this year, her congregation numbered 200,000, stretching from Canada to Colombia and from Japan to Norway. Watching online on their computers were a ...

In an unprecedented move, a Bucks County synagogue will open its doors free of charge Tuesday night for its Kol Nidre service on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Ohev ...