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Reciting commemorative prayers from the Hebrew Bible. Credit: kaddishinitiative.com.

Mass prayers to be held for Jews buried in Arab countries

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Diaspora and Israeli organizations and communities representing millions of Jews around the world will participate on Saturday in a mass Kaddish (Mourners’ Prayer) and say a specially designed azkara (Memorial Prayer) for Jews buried in inaccessible...
A group of Jewish leaders representing the Jewish community of Judea and Samaria participate in a prayer session for U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of the presidential election, Nov. 2, 2020. Credit: Hebron Hills Regional Council Spokesperson.

Judea, Samaria Jewish leaders in Hebron pray for Trump

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A group of political leaders representing the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria gathered in Hebron on Monday morning outside the Cave of the Patriarchs for a prayer session wishing U.S. President Donald Trump...

Jewish Democratic Council releases Kaddish ad, blasting Trump’s response to COVID-19

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The political action committee of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, JDCA PAC, released an ad on Tuesday featuring the Jewish mourner’s Kaddish in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial actions and video...
Nachmanides, the Rambam. Credit: Courtesy (National Library of Israel).

Recently unearthed Ramban prayer online and in English for first time

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In time for the High Holidays, a recently unearthed poetic prayer attributed to the famous 13th-century rabbi known as the Ramban (Nachmanides) has been translated into English for the first time, and is now...
An Israeli police officer outside of a synagogue in Jerusalem as the government imposes coronavirus restrictions, April 5, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Rosh Hashanah prayers during lockdown: A guide for perplexed Israelis

Synagogues across Israel were busy on Wednesday making preparations for Rosh Hashanah prayer services under the shadow of coronavirus and public-health restrictions. The Health Ministry has issued clarifications for its regulations on holiday prayer, with...
A view of the Central Synagogue in New York City. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Synagogues grapple with putting changes in place for High Holiday services

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As fall arrives and the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the United States, prayers are very much needed, say rabbis across the Jewish spectrum, even if individuals and families cannot make it to...
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci. Source: Screenshot.

Fauci to Orthodox Jews: Phase in communal prayer as virus restrictions are lifted

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, had a message on Thursday for Orthodox Jews: Phase in communal prayer as local coronavirus restrictions are being lifted. “The kind of...
Jewish residents in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., participate in a “porch minyan,” April 30, 2020. Photo by Dovid Zaklikowski.

With synagogues shuttered, ‘porch minyans’ grow in Brooklyn

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The streets of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, N.Y., were eerily empty at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Normally, children are out playing and parents rushing home from work or errands, with crowds of people out...
A view of a Hebrew Bible. Credit: Pixabay.

Alone, COVID-19 victims hear final prayers online

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Chest rising and falling, machines beeping, the hospital room is eerily calm. Nurses flitter in and out, staying just as long as they need to before turning their attention to the next patient. They...
A health-care worker on the frontlines of the battle against the coronavirus (COVID-19), April 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

‘Care with a Prayer’ offers chance to support health-care workers worldwide

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Momentum, previously known as the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project, launched “Care With a Prayer,” a global campaign to pray for health-care workers fighting the coronavirus. Anyone can visit www.carewithaprayer.org to request the name of a doctor, nurse,...