Kol Nidre

Rabbi Cantor Singer Songwriter Steve Blane releases a new album in time for the High Holidays

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

It features ten original songs by Blane who's musical style is greatly influenced by Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Roy Orbison.

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  • It features ten original songs by Blane who's musical style is greatly influenced by Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Roy Orbison.
  • Add for the first time, join the Rabbi Blane Trio for "Dinner & Kol Nidre" at Silvanna in Harlem.
  • Created in 2010 by Rabbi Steven Blane on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Sim Shalom offers a means of connecting the unconnected.
  • Rabbi Blane is also the founder and director of the Jewish Spiritual Leader's Institute, http://www.jsli.net , the online professional rabbinical program.

Statement by Minister Rodriguez on Yom Kippur

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Jewish communities in Canada and around the world observe Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement

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  • Jewish communities in Canada and around the world observe Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
    OTTAWA, Sept. 18, 2018 /CNW/ -Today at sundown, Jewish communities across Canada and around the world will observe the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
  • On this solemn day, families and friends gather to pray and fast.
  • This year, as we mark the 30thanniversary of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act, Yom Kippur also gives us all a chance to highlight the contributions of the Jewish Canadians to our country.
  • As Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, Iextend my best wishes to everyone observing the holy day of YomKippur.