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Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers ...
God, our Strength and Protection, we pray for the State of Israel in this devastating time of war, shock and grief. Our hearts are breaking, God. We pray for the lives of the innocent civilians ...
The significance of the Global Prayer for Israel has many dimensions. One of these is the date. May 15, 1948, is the day that Israel restored Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel. Israel’s ...
Call it the Prayer for the State of Israel 2.0. Six months after Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky made headlines by refusing to recite the original version in light of Israel’s new racist and far-right ...
In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war.
Kalmanofsky stated that he is discontinuing the prayer in his congregation because he believes that Israel’s current leaders are “dastardly” and he doesn’t want their efforts to succeed.
(RNS) — I love Israel. Its current government — not at all. I pray that it changes, or that its policies change. Too much is at stake. (RNS) — I am a Reform rabbi. Part of my invisible job ...
He then proposed his own. He would stop saying the Prayer for the State of Israel in the Saturday morning liturgy and replace it with Psalm 122, which includes the phrase, “Pray for the peace of ...
This is our editor-in-chief’s weekly newsletter. Click here to get it delivered to your inbox on Friday afternoons. When Ansche Chesed, a Conservative synagogue in the liberal bastion of ...
This annual event unites influential figures from diverse nations to foster dialogue between Jews and Christians and to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the prosperity of Israel. Participants ...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee lauded Israel during his first official visit to the country, while offering prayers for peace. Huckabee’s visit to Jerusalem coincided with Good Friday ...
In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing war.