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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

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Israelis hold a gender-separated protest prayer event in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square, organized after the municipality rejected a request for gender-segregated prayers there during the upcoming Yom Kippur, in Tel Aviv, August 8, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 9, 2024, 8:00 am
Protest service held in Tel Aviv after city rejects gender-segregated public prayer
Hundreds join gender-separated Dizengoff Square event, organized after request for segregated public Yom Kippur service in the square was rejected by municipality as discriminatory
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Hostage families attend a ceremony of writing a Torah scroll at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, in northern Israel on March 10, 2024 (Photo by David Cohen/Flash90)
July 9, 2024, 10:45 am
Parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin launch ‘Week of Goodness’
Family aims to increase kindness, good deeds and generosity in the world in order to help bring about the redemption of 116 remaining October 7 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
Transportation Minister Miri Regev speaks to the media after a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, January 31, 2024 (Flash90)
January 31, 2024, 3:23 pm
Judge asks Tel Aviv’s mayor to drop ‘time wasting’ libel lawsuit over public prayer
Ron Huldai is suing Transportation Minister Regev for saying he prevented people from putting on tefillin in the street
By Canaan Lidor
A protester tackling Rabbi Leo Dee as he prays at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 5, 2023. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 5, 2023, 1:34 pm
Tel Aviv officials, activists disrupt protest prayer led by terror-bereaved rabbi
Municipal workers dismantle sex-segregation barrier placed in Dizengoff Square by Rabbi Leo Dee and other worshipers in response to confrontations over the divider on Yom Kippur
By Canaan Lidor
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July 29, 2022, 4:36 am
In ‘Magical Awakenings,’ Rav Simcha draws from a light that no else has revealed
‘Magical Awakenings’ reveals how turning to prayer offers a comprehensive toolbox for all aspects of life in this most auspicious time during Tisha B’av and the Nine Days.
By Harav Simcha Leib Weinberg
Bat Ella feels she is carrying out a lifelong dream of Friedman's — to perform her music in Israel. (Courtesy/ via JTA)
June 15, 2022, 1:34 am
Israeli singer Bat Ella brings her Hebrew versions of Debbie Friedman’s songs to NYC
The performer pays tribute to mark 11 years since the passing of her friend, mentor and fellow singer-songwriter whose vision revolutionized progressive Jewish prayer services
By julia GERGELY
Texas Christian University professor Adam McKinney, upper left, organized an online vigil in support of Congregation Beth Israel of Colleyville, Texas, where an attacker took several congregants hostage, January 15, 2022. (Screenshot via JTA)
January 16, 2022, 4:49 pm
As Texas synagogue hostage crisis unfolded, many Jews prayed for captives’ release
Individuals and Jewish communities recited prayers designed for times of danger as worshipers at Congregation Beth Israel of Colleyville were held hostage
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Screen capture from video of an instructor of the Return to the Mount group demonstrating to members how to pray like a Muslim while reciting Jewish prayers. (Channel 13 News)
December 14, 2021, 11:19 am
Jews are disguising themselves as Muslims to pray on Temple Mount – report
Police trying to crack down on extremist group ‘Returning to the Mount,’ whose members dress like Arabs in order to enter Jerusalem holy site, where Jewish prayer is banned
By ToI Staff
The 1,500-year-old silver cuff inscribed with the words of the Shema prayer in Greek, forms the center of 'Hear, O Israel: The Magic of the Shema,' a new archaeological exhibit at the Israel Museum that closes April 2022. (Courtesy Elie Posner)
November 12, 2021, 8:48 am
Hear, O Israel: There are magic powers in the Shema
An Israel Museum exhibit takes a deeper look at amulets inscribed with the elemental Jewish prayer
By Jessica Steinberg
The NYC Marathon minyan, run by a group of 10 volunteer staff, attracted hundreds of participants in 2019. (Peter Berkowsky)
November 7, 2021, 8:45 am
The man who helps Jewish NYC marathoners run through their morning prayers
Organizers of the morning minyan at the start of the 26-mile race believe it’s the longest established religious service of any kind at a major sporting event anywhere in the world
By julia GERGELY
Illustrative: Aiden Arthurs receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine at the Jewish Federation/JARC's offices in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, May 13, 2021. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)
November 3, 2021, 4:40 am
New child-friendly prayers composed for the arrival of COVID vaccines for kids
‘I give thanks to the doctors and scientists who are creators like you, for the wise people who approved the vaccine, and for everyone who made sure this was available to kids’
By Shira Hanau
Palestinians protest against an Israeli court's approval of 'quiet' Jewish prayer, at the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, October 8, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
October 8, 2021, 5:08 pm
As Jewish prayer roils Muslims, police minister warns of Temple Mount ‘flare-up’
After judge rules for man who prayed in whisper at Jerusalem holy site, Omer Barlev says existing religious arrangements must be maintained ‘in view of the security implications’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israeli police officer stands guard as a religious Jew in army uniform visits the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 3, 2021. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
October 8, 2021, 2:13 am
Judge’s approval of Jewish man’s ‘quiet prayer’ on Temple Mount stirs Arab anger
Israeli court was not ruling on legality of informally barred Jewish prayer, but lifted ban police had imposed on worshiper; cops appeal; Palestinians, Jordan lead objections
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Jewish man blows a shofar in Meron, northern Israel, on August 9, 2021, ahead of the Jewish New Year. (David Cohen/Flash90)
September 6, 2021, 2:34 pm
Health Ministry: Only those with vaccine booster should blow shofar in synagogue
In prayer guidelines for Rosh Hashanah, health experts urge shofar blower to aim the opening away from congregants and cover it with a mask in some cases
By Amy Spiro
Illustrative: To create a pre-recorded online service, Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann, center, and musicians and singers from Mishkan Chicago recorded the songs and prayers of the High Holidays in August. (Courtesy of See3 Digital Events/ via JTA)
August 31, 2021, 4:10 am
For American kids and adults, COVID-19 High Holiday safety questions answered
With vaccinations, transmission and mask mandates varying by region in the US and the under-12 group ineligible for the shot, how can we safely navigate this year’s celebrations?
By PHILISSA CRAMER
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