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Kol Nidre

This combination photo shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in June 17, 2019 in Paris, and US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, September 20, 2019. (ludovic MARIN and SAUL LOEB / AFP)
October 4, 2019, 9:45 am
LISTEN: Zelensky and the Trump call — good for the Jews?
Episode #5: JTA’s Cnaan Liphshiz delves into the Jewish angle to the current US crisis * Sole US blood libel case * Delving into powerful Yom Kippur prayer Kol Nidre’s pull
By ToI Staff
Romanian Jews, seen through a glass door, attend a religious service ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, at the Great Synagogue in Bucharest, Romania, September 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru/Mediafax)
September 18, 2018, 1:44 pm
How the haunting Kol Nidre melody harnessed the power to convert
The ancient Ashkenazi musical setting of Aramaic vow renunciation has shocked and transformed thinkers from Heine, Herzl and Rosenzweig to non-Jewish artists and intellectuals
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Nashuva, a spiritual community in Los Angeles, will live stream its Kol Nidre services on the evening of Oct. 11, 2016. (Screenshot from YouTube)
October 11, 2016, 10:39 pm
Kol Nidre live streams offer forgiveness with a click
A growing list of non-Orthodox synagogues are bringing the sights and sounds of Yom Kippur services to tens of thousands online
By Ben Sales
Rabbi Naomi Levy (Courtesy)
September 22, 2015, 7:08 pm
Kol Nidre webcast set to draw 40,000
Service led by Rabbi Naomi Levy of Nashuva
By JTA
A statue of Al Jolson at the entertainer's grave in Los Angeles provides a source of inspiration for a lay service leader as Yom Kippur nears. (Edmon J. Rodman/JTA)
September 25, 2012, 4:50 am
Finding the right voice for Kol Nidre
With Yom Kippur approaching, a Jewish leader seeks advice on how to capture the holiday’s spirit — including from Hollywood’s most famous cantor’s son
By Edmon J. Rodman
A young woman riding her bicycle by the Azrieli Center near the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur, when the road is car free. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90/JTA)
September 23, 2012, 1:39 am
The un-Orthodox approach to Yom Kippur in Israel
Cycling is still secular Israel’s most popular pursuit on the calendar’s holiest day, but a focus on traditional texts that highlight self-improvement and forgiveness is proving increasingly resonant
By Ben Sales
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