Kol Nidre Live Online
by Leslie Bunder September 16th, 2007Filed in: Web, Religion
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Jewish entertainment and information website, JewishTVNetwork.com is to broadcast online a Kol Nidre service from Los Angeles’ oldest synagogue.
The service, which will be streamed from Wilshire Boulevard Temple on Friday September 21, is said to be the first time such an event has taken place.
“Yom Kippur is the most observed Jewish Holiday of the year. Now everyone, no matter what religion or denomination, will be able to observe the most beautiful and provoking traditions of the Jewish people in a completely new and untraditional way” said Jay Sanderson, CEO of JTN Productions owner of JewishTVNetwork.com. “We are connecting people throughout the world who are either unable to attend Synagogue or interested in learning more about the Jewish traditions.”
As well as the special Yom Kippur broadcast, JewishTVNetwork.com has enhanced its broadband content with special Rosh Hashanah and other High Holidays programming including cooking, children’s and other material for all ages.
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This is a truly sad development for Judaism!
I respectfully disagree with Rabbi Gold. True — something like this may not exist within the confines of Halacha. But the notion that those who are unable to partake of a service due to lack of mobility or illness now have the opportunity to connect with a community’s service — an option that had not previously existed — can bring those who utilize it a needed spiritual experience.
I will not be watching the telecast as I will be attending my own synagogue’s service. But I’m glad it’s out there for those who are not able to attend in person.
Gmar Tov…
– S
Has Rabbi Gold forgotten about “Pekuach Nefesh?” If someone lives in a place where there is no synagogue and there cannot be a minyon, why not take advantage of technology to nourish the soul and partake in the most solemn of days?
I am very ill (and contagious) today, and will therefore be unable to attend Kol Nidre services tonight, and most likely will not be able to attend tomorrow’s services either. I am grateful to no end that this is provided for me so that I can at least feel somewhat connected to the holiday even though I cannot attend my synagogue.
I, for one, am grateful for the opportunity to enjoy the most awesome event known to Jews. I do not think I am alone when I say that this year (and several others in my recent past) I once again have no affiliation with an established Jewish community. There was a time in my life when I was in line to be president of a growing congregation in a huge metropolitan area. This is testimony to my prior Jewish community involvement. Now I am alone and in need of the ability to come home in spirit, heart, and mind. I have made my peace with the world around me, which was not hard to do. I live a life in which I genuinely ache if I have knowingly hurt someone. Now I need the experience of Kol Nidre and the entirety of this Day of Days in order to reconcile fully.
I welcome technology and accept its offerings with the knowledge that it is bringing me, as well as all the others that choose to use it, what we otherwise would not have and would lack for the rest of eternity.
Thank you to the producers and benefactors who have made this possible, and to the others whom I have just offended, please afford me reconciliation. I do not mean to be offensive; I merely want to exist with The Almighty as do we all.
With wishes of a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year, and most of all an easy fast.
M.