Neilah is coming. Please rise. On Yom Kippur for the past 15 years, as a lay cantor I have led the Neilah service for the small congregation to which I belong, the Movable Minyan in Los Angeles.

Neilah, a young internet sensation with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), tragically passed away just a day after her 8th birthday Her mother, Ruth Wambui, gained a following by sharing their journey and ...

Thousands of people packed Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square for the closing Yom Kippur services Wednesday night. The shofar is blown at the end of the fast.. The Neilah, or concluding service of Yom Kippur ...

Some ways to prepare — actions that will help you stand and focus, getting you to the closing gates, before the final shofar blows — from JTA columnist Edmon J. Rodman. LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Neilah is ...