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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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