Posts Tagged: Prayer
Israel Is ‘Preserving the Status Quo’ at Jerusalem’s Holy Site
i24 News – Israel emphasized earlier this week a long-standing ban on Jewish prayer at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque compound, rejecting an Arab League accusation that...
UAE Switches to Monday to Friday Work Week
i24 News – Employees and schoolchildren juggled work and studies with weekly Muslim prayers on the first ever working Friday in the United Arab Emirates...
Why Did God Expel the Jews From His Home?
As we start returning to our synagogues, it is important to remember that our temporary expulsion was not simply an unintended consequence of a biological...
God Is in the Silence
The fourth book of the Bible was called Numbers by early Christian scholars. I guess this is because it starts off with a national census....
Chinese Government Cracks Down on Practices of Small Jewish Community
JNS.org -- The Chinese government has been cracking down on the religious practices of a small Jewish community whose ancestors settled in a central Chinese city over 1,000 years...
Thoughts About God, Me and Us
Let’s get some things straight about God and me as they relate to the tension and hatred among Jews in Israel and abroad. I do...
Clashes Break Out as Women of the Wall Hold Monthly Prayer Service
JTA - Haredi Orthodox youth mobbed the Western Wall plaza by the thousands to protest Women of the Wall as they held their monthly...
Israeli Government Held Secret Meeting With Rabbi Ovadia Yosef On Iran
Last Friday Israeli officials secretly met with political party Shas' spiritual leader Rav Ovadia Yosef and briefed him on the Iranian nuclear threat, according to...
Sixteenth Century Women’s Ladino Siddur Republished In Israel
"Women need their own prayer books that are different from men's" according to a 16th century rabbinic ruling by Rabbi Meir Benveniste, who decided to undertake the...
Prayer Booth At UK University Includes Jewish Liturgy
According to the BBC, a multi-faith machine booth for prayers has been installed at a British university. The Pray-O-Mat at the University of Manchester, a specially...
Jerusalem Residents Plan to Fight Muslim Prayer Call with Rock and Roll Music
Residents of the French Hill neighborhood in Jerusalem plan to combat Arab prayer-calls by blasting music from loudspeakers, in defiance of Arab religious conventions. According...
