I read with much interest, the recent action of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, and that of my dear friend and teacher, Prof, Mordecal M. Kaplan, in reference to the substitution of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The headache begins about 11. About the time the caffeine can’t believe you didn’t have your morning coffee. Caffeine is in shock. “What’s going on?” she asks.  It’s Yom Kippur, I answer. The fast ...

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 ...