High Holiday service are boring and not relevant, most respondents to a survey said. Nearly 70 percent of the 500 people surveyed by the National Jewish Outreach Program also said the cost of High Holiday tickets is too high. Seventy-eight percent of respondents said they usually attend High Holiday services, and 74 percent said they fast and attend synagogue on Yom Kippur.
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