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THREE EDITORS take in the fruits of their heartfelt labor (L to R): Anne Gordon, Rachel Sharansky Danziger, Shira Lankin Sheps.

'Az Nashir': 55 women share personal prayers in wake of Oct. 7

By TOBY KLEIN GREENWALD

ON A STREET in Jerusalem, Hersh Goldberg-Polin is depicted in a mural created by friends. When we learned of Yahya Sinwar’s demise mere days after Yom Kippur, I couldn’t help but think that our prayers had something to do with it; maybe it was even thanks to Hersh, says the writer.

This Yom Kippur, I prayed with all my might

By HAYIM LEITER

A SON reads psalms for his father in Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Can reciting psalms from the Bible heal injuries or illness?

By SHLOMO M. BRODY

The Town and Village Synagogue in New York's East Village.

After bomb threat interrupted Kol Nidre, this congregation kept praying on Manhattan street

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

1700 people join Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto for Yom Kippur prayers in Jerusalem

By David Berger

Anonymous "confessions" posted to AtoneNet before it was shut down after 11 years.

I started AtoneNet, a space for public ritual confession; Here’s why I’m shutting it down

By David Zvi Kalman/JTA

AN EGALITARIAN prayer service takes place during public prayer at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, Sunday.

Rosh Yehudi association cancels gender-separate prayers due to fears of disruption

By Maya Gur Arieh , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

SOLDIERS DANCE at a concert by singer Idan Raichel at an army base in the South, last month. In these days of trauma and war there may be room for optimism, says the writer.

My Word: In times like these, every song becomes a prayer

By LIAT COLLINS

Orthodox Jewish men pray at the Western Wailing Wall in Jerusalem

Rosh Hashanah - how to guarantee that our prayers will be answered

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By David Berger

EXALTING IN Sukkot at the Western Wall

Sukkot: Your guide to Judaism's week-long fall holiday

Rethinking prayer in the aftermath of Israel's most difficult year

By DANIEL GOLDMAN

‘ANA B’KOACH,’ acrylic on canvas, 130 x 100 cm., 2014.

'Ana b'Koach': A powerful prayer for a New Year

By MEIRA RAANAN , ESTHER CAMERON

Documentation: Rabbi Pinto strengthens the residents of sunny Isles Beach

By David Berger

A religious Orthodox Israeli Jew in a prayer shawl (tallit) is seen praying while keeping a smartphone in front of him.

What should Jews tremble for this Elul?

By MOSHE TARAGIN

NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir walks near the Western Wall, after visiting the temple Mount on Tisha B’Av, earlier this month.

US criticizes Ben Gvir's Temple Mount visit, sparking debate on Jewish prayer rights

By ALIZA PILICHOWSKI

Jewish men pray during Tisha B'Av, at the Wall Western, in the Old City of Jerusalem, August 13, 2024

Israelis, hostage families gather in thousands for Tisha B'Av prayers

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A religious Orthodox Israeli Jew in a prayer shawl (tallit) is seen praying while keeping a smartphone in front of him.

Want the solution to mental anguish? Try prayer

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES stand guard as Jews visit the Temple Mount, on Tisha B’av, in 2021.

Ben-Gvir is not the first to unequivocally promote Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount

By YISRAEL MEDAD