Kol Nidre among the trees: A humanistic Yom Kippur at the Shaker Lakes Nature Center

Kol Nidre among the trees: A humanistic Yom Kippur at the Shaker Lakes Nature Center

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio - As dusk settled over the Shaker Lakes Nature Center on Wednesday evening, the quiet of the surrounding woods framed a gathering inside the center’s main building, where one of Judaism’s most solemn observances — Kol Nidre — marked the start of Yom Kippur.