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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
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Tobias Siegal
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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
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Ron Kampeas
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
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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
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February 3, 2018, 5:06 am
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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
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
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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
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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
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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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