This past Yom Kippur, my father, an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor, surprised our family by recounting a wartime Kol Nidre observance that stirred his soul. It was erev Yom Kippur, September 26, 1944.

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 ...

The solemn Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in 2018 begins at sundown on Tuesday, Sept. 18, with the traditional Kol Nidre service at San Diego-area congregations. Yom Kippur means “Day of Atonement” in ...

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, ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio - As dusk settled over the Shaker Lakes Nature Center on Wednesday evening, the quiet of the surrounding woods framed a gathering inside the center’s main building, where one ...

For cellist Robert Deutsch, the pleading and mournful melody of the Kol Nidre prayer has resonated throughout his life. As part of the High Holy Day services in the synagogue he attended as he ...

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Nearly 400 people were praying at Town and Village Synagogue on the first night of Yom Kippur when the threat came in. Shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, as the members of Town and Village Synagogue ...

The solemn Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur in 2024 begins at sundown on Friday, Oct. 11, with San Diego-area congregations holding Kol Nidre services. Yom Kippur means “Day of Atonement” in Hebrew. It ...