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Shema

A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews pray near the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, June 18, 2018. Officially, Jewish prayer atop the mount is forbidden. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/ Times of Israel/ File)
May 22, 2022, 10:17 pm
Judge rules against Temple Mount ban for Jewish youth caught praying there
PMO insists no change to status quo after Magistrate’s Court cites statement by police chief on freedom of religion for all; cops say statement was distorted; prosecution to appeal
By Tobias Siegal and ToI Staff
US Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (R) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell address the National Prayer Breakfast at the US Capitol in Washington on February 3, 2022. (Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images/AFP)
February 5, 2022, 2:24 am
Schumer recites Shema at prayer breakfast, joins Biden’s call for unity
Senate majority leader also quotes passage from Leviticus to ‘love your neighbor as yourself’; US president hails bravery of rabbi, congregants held hostage at Texas synagogue
By Ron Kampeas
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
Illustrative: A blind man walks in Tel Aviv on July 23, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 22, 2020, 6:47 am
As virus wanes, Israel’s blind and deaf step out into a more hostile world
A visually impaired actor and hard-of-hearing activist describe new pandemic challenges, with touching verboten and lip-reading impossible in a sea of masks
By Marissa Newman
Sarah C. Rudolph
February 3, 2018, 5:06 am
Sarah C. Rudolph
The comfort of a bedtime ritual
I can’t shield my kids from all the evil in the world, but I can help them cope with uncertainty
A woman hanging laundry in Lod, September 22, 2011. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 27, 2016, 11:22 am
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
Several organizations representing Israel's deaf and hearing impaired communities protest on December 30 2012 in Tel Aviv (Tali Mayer/Flash90)
April 7, 2016, 2:36 pm
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
Rabbi Sharon Brous of the IKAR congregation in Los Angeles. (Donovan Marks/Washington National Cathedral via JTA)
January 29, 2013, 7:00 pm
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
Members of the Women of the Wall organization pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on October 17, 2012 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 23, 2012, 2:18 am
Thousands sign on for Shema flash mob
Gatherings come in protest against arrest of woman at the Western Wall during prayer service
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