Every year, during the month of Elul, if not before, cantors return to these ancient Aramaic words in reverential search of meaning and inspiration, for they possess a power beyond any others in our ...

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 ...

Whoever you are, whatever your year has been, the community proclaims: Anu matirin lehitpallel im ha-avaryanim. Tonight, we permit ourselves to pray together. Next Wednesday evening, Jews across the ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — 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 ...

Rabbi Carl Choper practices chanting the haunting Nol Kidre prayer. As Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins at sundown Wednesday, Jews will gather for a service that opens with this prayer. If you ...

I’ve been spending the morning pacing around the house singing Kol Nidre while my two-year-old son Jacob toddles about playing with his toys. Just like every year, it seems, the High Holidays arrive ...

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 ...