Prayer
Psalms in tunnels: How scripture steadied Israel’s hostages
As the 20 living hostages return, faith plays a pivotal role in their survival and reunion. From prayers in captivity to blessings on release, spirituality shaped their journey home.
‘Yizkor’ - short story
'The pulpit must speak louder than the propaganda': FOZ mobilizes pastors to back Israel
Sukkot 2025: Your guide to Judaism's week-long fall holiday - explainer
Global Prayer and Worship United in Jerusalem at the Tower of David
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: Join Millions Around the World Today
WATCH: Bishop Robert Stearns and Dr. Jack Hayford, lead the largest annual global prayer movement for Israel, uniting millions in over 175 nations to stand together for the peace of Jerusalem
The evolution of ‘Aleinu’: Atonement, acknowledgment, and an apostate
The Aleinu prayer has also been associated with martyrdom, especially of the Jews of Blois, who in 1171 were accused of ritual murder and offered their lives in exchange for baptism.
Top of the morning: An existentialist guide to Jewish prayer
Prayer may be an essential part of Jewish practice, but it is precisely because of its regularity that its inner essence is often passed over.
Praying on broken ground: A father’s Yom Kippur with a son in Gaza - opinion
What does it mean to stand with your granddaughters, to pray and to play with them on the synagogue floor? To know that another generation is already here, watching, carrying, inheriting?
Kibbutz Be’eri unveils Yom Kippur prayer book blending Sephardi, Ashkenazi rites
Koren Publishing confirmed that the project was initiated by the kibbutz in partnership with the publishing house, and that the prayer book would be for community use only, and not for purchase.
Eagles’ Wings Leads Historic Delegation to Israel
The event will culminate in the Global Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
Yom Kippur: Conversation or meaningless words? - opinion
I struggle to find my place, hiding thoughts inside my head that cannot be revealed, impatient with a mind-numbing experience, reciting prayers that seem detached.
The lesson of Yom Kippur: We must fight indifference and marvel at all life's gifts - opinion
It is the day that fights apathy by asking us to recognize the faculty of utter appreciation through its specific prayers.
Yom Kippur: Kol Nidre – the prayer of everyone
Whoever you are, whatever your year has been, the community proclaims: Anu matirin lehitpallel im ha-avaryanim. Tonight, we permit ourselves to pray together.
Hostages, families gather for slihot at Western Wall
At the Western Wall, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz led a collective prayer for the return of the remaining 48 hostages held in Gaza, for the safety of Israel’s security forces, and for peace.
