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For centuries after the Arab Islamic conquest of Iran, my Jewish community in Iran were the primary source that was retaining and maintaining the country’s musical heritage as music was forbidden in ...

We invite you to usher in the High Holiday season with our Selichot gathering—a meaningful evening of connection, prayer, and inspiration. We’ll begin with a community potluck dinner, followed by a ...

The terms selichot and piyutim are such inside-baseball references that most Jews, let alone most Americans, won't recognize them. Saturday: She will discuss Middle Eastern sacred music at 11 a.m. at ...

The community is invited to join the Jericho Jewish Center, 430 North Broadway, for the recitation of the Selichot prayer — the penitential prayers recited on the Saturday night before the start of ...

CHELMSFORD — A football player charging onto the field without a series of warm-ups. A dancer taking to the floor without stretching. In Judaism, going into the High Holy Days — Rosh Hashanah and Yom ...

Everyone is welcome to attend a multi-congregational event, including Havdalah and Selichot services, marking the beginning of the Season of Awe, the most sacred time of year for Jewish communities, ...

With the coming of Selichot, a service of repentance-centered prayers said in preparation for the High Holidays, columnist Edmon J. Rodman mulls whether we can learn from the many aired mea culpas ...

More than 50,000 worshippers participated last night (Thursday) in the central Selichot service at the Western Wall Plaza. The event was broadcast live on giant screens at the outskirts of the Western ...