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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

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Rabbi Irena Gritsevskaya leads prayers from a new Ukrainian-language siddur. (Courtesy Midreshet Schechter, TALI, Masorti Olami via JTA)
February 28, 2025, 5:40 am
On anniversary of Russia-Ukraine war, isolated Ukrainian Jews translate their prayers
Many in the Jewish community seek translations of sacred texts as a way of fighting for their national and religious identity. A new children’s prayer book marks the latest addition
By Shira Li Bartov
The editors of 'Az Nashir - We Will Sing Again: Women’s Prayers for Our Time of Need,' (from left to right): Anne Gordon, Rachel Sharansky Danziger and Shira Lankin Sheps. (courtesy)
October 19, 2024, 8:55 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 19: Day 379 – Post-Oct. 7 women’s prayer book models resilience
Editors of ‘Az Nashir – We Will Sing Again: Women’s Prayers for Our Time of Need’ discuss their push to tap into the tradition of female prayer during this intense national moment
By ToI Staff
The editors of 'Az Nashir - We Will Sing Again: Women’s Prayers for Our Time of Need,' (from left to right): Anne Gordon, Rachel Sharansky Danziger and Shira Lankin Sheps. (courtesy)
October 18, 2024, 9:02 am
What Matters Now: A post-October 7 women’s prayer book
Editors of ‘Az Nashir – We Will Sing Again: Women’s Prayers for Our Time of Need’ discuss their push to tap into the tradition of female prayer during this intense national moment
By ToI Staff
IDF soldiers with Koren Jerusalem's special wartime edition of the Book of Genesis, in an undated photo. (courtesy)
November 30, 2023, 1:35 pm
Book publisher sends thousands of sacred texts to IDF soldiers
Koren Jerusalem creates special wartime compact edition of the Book of Genesis, with foreword written from the frontlines
By Gavriel Fiske
A rare Jewish prayer book that sold for tens of thousands of pounds at auction, September 5, 2023. (Hansons Auctioneers)
September 10, 2023, 11:37 am
Centuries-old Jewish prayer book smashes expectations at UK auction
Illustrated volume, brought to appraisers as afterthought alongside sellers’ Harry Potter book, fetches £57,000; may be linked to noted 18th century German Rabbi Yaakov Emden
By ToI Staff
The Luzzatto High Holiday Machzor is the oldest Hebrew prayer book to be put up for auction and is expected to fetch at least $4 million. (Courtesy of Sotheby's via JTA)
September 4, 2021, 1:25 am
700-year-old Rosh Hashanah prayerbook on auction for $4 million
Luzzatto High Holiday Machzor is oldest Hebrew prayerbook ever to be sold at auction; French Jewish organization will use proceeds for education and scholarships
By Ben Sales
Dr. Idan Perez holds the 'Siddur Catalunya,' a reconstruction of the prayer book used in parts of pre-Expulsion Catalonia, at Jerusalem's National Library, September 15, 2019. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
September 5, 2020, 1:39 am
Israeli scholar wins prize for recreating medieval Catalonian Jewish prayer book
Comparing 6 manuscripts in archives from St. Petersburg to Rome, National Library of Israel’s Idan Perez pieces together lost rites of vibrant community that’s all but disappeared
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative photo of a Jewish man erading from a prayer book. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
January 18, 2019, 6:04 am
Will modernized texts replace ArtScroll prayer books in Orthodox synagogues?
Editions focusing more on women and the State of Israel may be stepping in for the more conservative version that has dominated for decades
By Ben Sales
American actress Marilyn Monroe with her husband, playwright Arthur Miller at London Airport, 14th July 1956. Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images via JTA)
October 16, 2018, 12:48 am
Marilyn Monroe’s Jewish prayer book is being put up for auction
Siddur was used by actress after she converted to Judaism ahead of her marriage to writer Arthur Miller; bids start at $4,600
By Josefin Dolsten
A prayerbook allegedly burned by ultra-Orthodox protesters opposed to a liberal women's prayer gathering at the Western Wall, July 13, 2018. (Elizabeth Kirshner)
July 13, 2018, 1:31 pm
Ultra-Orthodox protesters allegedly burn Women of the Wall prayerbook
Liberal women’s prayer group’s monthly gathering at Western Wall faces harassment; eggs and cups hurled at worshipers
By ToI Staff
Sivan Rahav Meir
September 29, 2017, 12:11 pm
Sivan Rahav Meir
A journey through Yom Kippur prayers
How the ancient liturgy comes to life as we reflect over the past year
Jeremy Rosen
October 2, 2016, 1:40 pm
Jeremy Rosen
Why prayers sound boring
A way to find meaning in the long, drawn-out, antiquated text of the High Holidays’ synagogue services
The John Rylands Library in Manchester where Dr. Aron Sterk found the English translation of the ancient Spanish siddur. (Wikimedia commons)
July 26, 2016, 6:31 pm
Mystery surrounds mistake-filled 300-year-old prayer book found in UK
Unique liturgical text, a ‘translation of a translation’ discovered by academic in Manchester collection, prompts speculation over religious Jews in England earlier than thought
By Jenni Frazer
Alan Rosenbaum
April 11, 2016, 4:36 pm
Alan Rosenbaum
iPray: Why no app can replace my siddur
The shiny, smooth screen leaves his fingers yearning for something old and tattered
Ysoscher Katz
January 28, 2016, 2:50 pm
Ysoscher Katz
A parent’s siddur play prayer
The prayer book is a songbook for life’s peaks, a balm for its lows, and the guiding soundtrack throughout
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