JNS.org – The High Holidays are here, reaching their crescendo with Yom Kippur’s Kol Nidre prayer, made famous by Al Jolson and Neil Diamond in “The Jazz Singer” movies. The literal meaning of Kol ...

Building to a cinematic climax on the evening of Kol Nidre, “The Jazz Singer” (1927) deserves to be remembered not only for the revolution that the first of the “talkies” inaugurated, but also because ...

Beyond its connection to Yom Kippur’s theme of repentance, experts believe the answer lies in Kol Nidre's core musical architecture.

It was clear to Variety in 1927 that something momentous had happened when Al Jolson intoned “Kol Nidre” in that long-ago mother-son melodrama otherwise known as “The Jazz Singer.” The schmaltzy ...