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 ...

Next Wednesday evening, Jews across the world will file into synagogues. Some come every week; others only once a year. Some arrive with their mahzor (festival prayer book) in hand, others with ...

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 ...

There is no more haunting, or moving, hymn sung on any Jewish holiday than Kol Nidre, which was chanted Sunday night to usher in the 24-plus hours of prayer and fasting referred to as the Day of ...

On Oct. 3rd, Yom Kippur Eve, Rabbi Naomi Levy and Nashuva will lead a virtual congregation of over 100,000 people in the world’s largest Kol Nidre service being streamed live over the web at ...

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 ...

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 ...

We are grateful for the lovely profile on our immensely talented chazzan, Hillel Tigay (“The Rock Cantor,” Sept. 21). But we want to set the record straight on one matter. Here’s what went down mere ...

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 ...

While "merry" or "happy" before a holiday name would be an appropriate greeting on several occasions, on Yom Kippur it's customary to wish someone a good, easy or meaningful fast. Yom Kippur, the most ...

Before Kol Nidre begins, the leaders proclaim: “With the consent of the heavenly court and the earthly court, we permit ourselves to pray with the sinners.” On one level, this is a reminder that Yom ...