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 ...

Torah scrolls at a San Diego synagogue. (File photo by Chris Jennewein/Times of San Diego) The solemn Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur in 2025 begins at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 1, with San Diego-area ...

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, ...

After a lapse of forty years, during which “Kol Nidre” has not been sung in the reform Temple Beth Israel here due to theological differences, the ancient Hebrew chant is to be revived Yom Kippur Eve, ...

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 ...

As the Jewish High Holidays come to a close, Silverlake Independent Jewish Community Center is putting together an event to mark the occasion with a decidedly different approach: an immersive art ...

This story, which is translated from the Yiddish, is the second in a series of Yiddish holiday tales for children that will run throughout 5785. Read the original Yiddish text on page 24 of this ...

The solemn Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur in 2025 begins at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 1, with San Diego-area congregations holding Kol Nidre services. Yom Kippur means “Day of Atonement” in Hebrew. It ...

Navy Chaplain Yonina Creditor, leads a Yom Kippur service aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington in 2018. Navy photo The solemn Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur in 2023 begins at ...