Horowitz: Resonances of Kol Nidrei
Kol Nidrei has a profound hold on Jews, well beyond what one would expect from the legalistic formula annulling vows. As Yom Kippur approaches, I like to reread a memoir written jointly by a husband and wife who survived the Shoah through different paths, each posing as Christians.
Plan to expand Western Wall egalitarian prayer section receives final approval
A plan to expand the Western Wall’s egalitarian prayer section received final approval, using a special regulation to authorize the work in order to make it a handicapped-accessible site.
Why bother with synagogue?
In the wake of a recent poll showing low synagogue attendance, Rabbi Yael Splansky and Rabbi Mark Fishman discuss what keeps people coming back to shul, and how services can be adapted to meet congregations’ needs.
The mechitzah empowers, but it also incapacitates
CJN columnist Norma Baumel Joseph asks, “how do we reconcile the two opposite meanings of the wall? Is it possible to sit separate, but equal?”
Kaddish and my village
Now that I’ve completed Kaddish for my late mother will I be disciplined enough to continue coming to shul?
Mistakes were made: a High Holiday prayer
God, I know you don’t hear from me often. I just wanted to talk, man to… You, to set the record straight
Prayer, charity and selling a used car
When a Muslim and a Jew pray together, especially on a Shabbat in the month of Ramadan, the prayer resounds more loudly than two prayers said separately, writes Sagi Melamed
The power of Kaddish
Kaddish is a prayer with an unusual history, writes Paul Socken
Attempting to pray at Temple Mount, Jewish visitors beaten, ejected
Muslim worshippers attacked two Jewish men on the Temple Mount on Tuesday after the Jews bowed in prayer in violation of the visiting rules
Russia opens its first-ever Jewish prayer space for women in prison
The Jewish house of worship in the Number 2 Penal Colony of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia has a capacity of 20 worshippers
