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Thousands attend Western Wall prayer session for the return of hostages

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A special prayer session for the hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and for the safety of Israeli forces was held at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday. The...
An Israeli soldier during morning prayers near the border with Lebanon, Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

US Jews supply thousands of tzitzit to Israeli soldiers

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As the Israel Defense Forces prepare to move into Gaza to destroy the Hamas terrorist group, an American rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic movement has launched a campaign to supply Israeli soldiers with tzitzit,...
Rabbi Leo Dee speaks to reporters in Efrat, April 10, 2023. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90.

Rabbi Leo Dee shoved during Sukkot prayers in Tel Aviv

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Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two daughters in a terrorist attack in April, was intentionally barged into by a passerby while praying at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv on Thursday morning. The passerby...
Jews participating in morning prayers at Tel Aviv's Habima Square, August 2, 2023. Photo by Gideon Markovich/TPS.

Jews pray at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square for World Tefillin Day

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A Jewish prayer gathering took place at Tel Aviv's Habima Square on Wednesday morning as part of World Tefillin Day. The event this year coincides with Tu B'av, celebrated in modern Israel as a holiday of love, but with ancient roots, dating back to the Temple period in Jerusalem when it marked the start of the grape harvest.
Israeli security personnel stand guard as Jews visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, July 18, 2021. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

2,200 Jews ascend Temple Mount since start of Passover

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More than 2,200 Jews have ascended Temple Mount, located in Jerusalem’s Old City, since Passover began on April 5. Of those, some 1,200 visited Judaism’s holiest site on Monday, Israeli officials said. Tensions remain high at...
American Jewish conservative political commentator and columnist Ben Shapiro at the Temple Mount on July 24, 2022. Photo by Michael Miller.

Ben Shapiro at Temple Mount: Jews face apartheid there

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On Sunday afternoon, Ben Shapiro, the editor emeritus of The Daily Wire, ascended to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to pray with his parents and a group of followers. Shapiro’s first visit to the Temple Mount was...
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis of the United Kingdom speaks at a Holocaust Memorial Day event on Jan. 23, 2018. Credit: UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

New accessible ‘siddur’ uses photos and graphics to accompany prayers

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Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis visited a school this week to unveil a first-of-its-kind prayer book designed for people with learning disabilities. It was created by the charity JWeb,...
Queen Elizabeth II. Credit: Pixabay.

UK chief rabbi issues prayer for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee

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Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, chief rabbi of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, wished Queen Elizabeth II “many more years of blessing” in a prayer that he issued on Wednesday in honor of her Platinum...
Jews visit the Temple Mount compound, site of the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, Oct. 8, 2017. Photo by Yaakov Lederman/Flash90.

Poll finds half of Jewish Israelis support Jewish prayer on Temple Mount

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Fifty percent of the Jewish population of Israel support Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the holiest site in Judaism, according to an Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) Israeli Voice Index poll. The survey...
A bar mitzvah boy is called up to the Torah, with masking and social distancing in place, at the Sydenham-Highlands North Hebrew Congregation, as Rabbi Yehuda Stern reads from the Torah. Credit: Courtesy.

After deadly attacks, new synagogue guidelines call for weapons, phones on Shabbat

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In the wake of the recent wave of deadly terror attacks in Israel, the World Organization of Orthodox Communities and Synagogues on Wednesday called for congregations to take precautions against possible attacks. Among its...