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liturgy

a classical painting of The Temple with smoke rising from it and a chaotic crowd within it
Posted inReligion

In first Tisha B’Av after Oct. 7, Jewish writers, musicians, and lay leaders compose new liturgy and traditions to mourn a fresh tragedy

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg August 12, 2024August 12, 2024

(JTA) — When Israeli musician Yagel Haroush set out to write a mournful song about the destruction of Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, he described it as both a therapeutic […]

“Na la’amod" means “please stand” in Hebrew, and is a non-gendered way to announce a person about to receive Torah honors. (Design/JTA-Jackie Hajdenberg)
Posted inReligion

Non-gendered language for calling Jews to the Torah gets Conservative movement approval

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
Texas Christian University professor Adam McKinney (upper left) organized an online vigil in support of Congregation Beth Israel of Colleyville, Texas, where an attacker took several congregants hostage, Jan. 15, 2022. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

As Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis unfolded, Jews turned to prayers designed for moments of danger

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 16, 2022January 16, 2022
The Birnbaum machzor, first published in 1951, remained a staple of Orthodox synagogues despite a bounty of competitors. (Photo/JTA-Open Siddur Project)
Posted inReligion

Why this High Holiday prayer book is still going strong after 70 years

Yosef Lindell by Yosef Lindell and JTA August 31, 2021August 31, 2021
Rabbi Samantha Kahn officiates an interfaith wedding in the Bay Area. (Photo/Courtesy of 18Doors)
Posted inOpinion

Who is included in the ‘us’ of our prayers? 

Edmund Case by Edmund Case August 26, 2021August 27, 2021
A pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo/JTA-Samuel Corum-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The Jewish prayer for the government came alive for me in a new way yesterday

Rabbi Menachem Creditor by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and JTA January 7, 2021January 8, 2021
Videos circulated of a man reciting a prayer for victory for Donald Trump in an Orthodox synagogue Tuesday morning. (Screenshot from WhatsApp)
Posted inNews

Anxious Jewish voters turn to an old standby: prayer

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 3, 2020
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer on the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem, Nov. 27, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Tel Aviv University launches academic program to preserve knowledge of Ethiopian Jewish bible

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 28, 2020
The Unetaneh Tokef prayer in Mahzor Lev Shalem (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inTorah

Who by virus and who by fire? Who by fear and who by racism?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg September 18, 2020September 17, 2020
The V'ahavta page of Siddur Masorti: An Egalitarian Səfaradi Siddur. (siddurmasorti.com)
Posted inHanukkah

3 Hanukkah gifts for the liturgy lover in your life

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 10, 2019December 17, 2019

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