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There's a duality to the Kol Nidre: it's both Judaism's best-and-least-known prayer. 18 Voices is the first documentary to tell the prayer's rich story: how its words caused centuries of persecution, how it became a Jewish anthem, and how it became an object of intense interest for non-Jews as well.
Included with the 40 minute short film is 16 minutes of Kol Nidre performances!
Allen Oren, an Emmy-winning journalist, produced and directed "18 Voices Sing Kol Nidre" as well as a multimedia concert on the same subject. He is a full-time Journalism professor at Pace University and long-time working journalist, first in print, including a stint as Entertainment Editor of USA TODAY, then in broadcast, winning an Emmy for a series on the history of Madison Square Garden and an Emmy nomination for a documentary on the topic. He was a movie and theater critic on TV and in newspapers in New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington, and Charlotte, and he worked as a magazine journalist for four years in Israel. He is a long-time student of Jewish history and religion.
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