A clip is circulating among alumni of the Fall River Jewish community that has Cantor Marcus Gerlich along with the Temple Beth El choir. singing Kol Nidre, It brings back memories from the best ...

Kol Nidre, which translates to “all vows” in Aramaic, also starts the 25-hour fast that observant Jews undertake as they turn their attention to making amends with God.

Kol Nidre actually is no prayer at all. Rather it is a legal formula in Aramaic that delineates obscure categories of vows and oaths known to the Bible and the rabbis, and then solemnly proclaims ...

Kol Nidre actually is no prayer at all. Rather it is a legal formula in Aramaic that delineates obscure categories of vows and oaths known to the Bible and the Rabbis, and then solemnly proclaims ...

It was Kol Nidre at a reform temple. The cantors and choir were all female. The prayer book was mostly in English. After a while, the rabbi approached the lectern to deliver his Kol Nidre speech.

The haunting strains of Kol Nidre, a prayer chanted during Yom Kippur, is for many Jews the sound of the High Holy Days.

The Jewish High Holidays start up Wednesday evening with the Kol Nidre service. Here's a note from my in-box about an online way to watch and listen. My one caveat is the claim that this would be ...

Let’s say you’re a candidate who makes at the following pledge: No new taxes. But then, once you’re in government (a la a certain ex-president) you maybe wish you hadn’t undertaken such a ...

For 70 years, Harry Berke has chanted Kol Nidre at Temple Israel in Gary, Ind. Kol Nidre, which means “All Vows,” is one of the most solemn moments of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Aton… ...

Of all the cultural practices associated with American Jews, the Kol Nidre appeal, I used to think, has got to be among the most ill-considered, let alone poorly timed, of rituals. No sooner do ...

Johnny Mathis was no stranger to Jewish music when he recorded "Kol Nidre," the soul-stirring Aramaic prayer sung at the start of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Growing up in San Francisco, the ...