Topic: Shema

October 27, 2016
11:22 am

A woman hanging laundry in Lod, September 22, 2011. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Lod mayor vows to drown out mosque loudspeakers with Jewish prayer

Yair Revivo says muezzin calls ‘annoy’ residents of mixed city, to be trumped by ‘Shema Yisrael’ blasted by municipality

By Sue Surkes

April 7, 2016
2:36 pm

Several organizations representing Israel's deaf and hearing impaired communities protest on December 30 2012 in Tel Aviv (Tali Mayer/Flash90)

Government closes ears to pleas from deaf kids’ nonprofit

Shema says it’ll collapse if it doesn’t get more funding, while the Welfare Ministry downplays the organization’s reach

By Marissa Newman

January 29, 2013
7:00 pm

Rabbi Sharon Brous of the IKAR congregation in Los Angeles. (Donovan Marks/Washington National Cathedral via JTA)

Rabbis tweaked inaugural readings to make them ‘Jewier’

White House was okay with last-minute changes added by Jewish clergy at service after Obama’s swearing-in

By Ron Kampeas

October 23, 2012
2:18 am

Members of the Women of the Wall organization pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on October 17, 2012 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Thousands sign on for Shema flash mob

Gatherings come in protest against arrest of woman at the Western Wall during prayer service