Kol Nidrei Address by Chairman of the Board Mark First
Mark First, Chairman of the Board
September 24, 2023 ~ 10 Tishrei 5784
At a moving multi-religious gathering at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Pope Francis, together with Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, Greek Orthodox, and other religious leaders remembered those who perished on 9/11 and prayed for peace. Rabbi Cosgrove, wearing his tallit, opened the ceremony with an invocation dedicated to the memory of those who died at the World Trade Center. Cantor Schwartz, also in his tallit, sang the memorial prayer Eil Maleh Rahamim with the text adapted to the 9/11 victims. He closed with Oseh Shalom: May the One who makes peace on high bring peace to us and to all Israel and to all who dwell on earth. Amen.