Over the centuries, Jews have adopted different prayers for the governments of the countries in which they live. But some think Shmuly Yanklowitz's new prayer goes too far. The idea of a Jewish prayer ...

“This Siddur seeks to reflect a sensitivity to women’s prayer experiences.” That understated line is nestled in the editor’s introduction to a Modern Orthodox group’s new siddur, or prayer book. It’s ...

Ultra-Orthodox leaders are calling for an international day of prayer and fasting on Thursday in response to recent government efforts to conscript ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students and arrest those who ...

(JTA) — Jews have been praying for the welfare of the governments they live under for hundreds of years. But what happens when they lose faith in the individuals elected to lead those countries? The ...

In recent days, the Liba Center association that battles attempts by non-Orthodox movements to gain recognition in Israel approached Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz demanding he set up an Ark for ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) The Israeli Cabinet voted last year to turn Robinson’s Arch into a government-funded space for more liberal streams of Judaism, but Orthodox Jews are resisting the measure. JERUSALEM ...

JERUSALEM — In a landmark ruling on the struggle over prayer at Judaism’s holiest shrine, an Israeli court ruled Thursday that women could legally pray at the Western Wall wearing prayer shawls, ...

Prayer for a child, including a daughter, is a stable and long-standing practice in Orthodoxy, rooted in the liturgical and family life of Christian communities. Parents made petitions for the health, ...

Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's religions and Diaspora affairs correspondent. The United Torah Judaism party has reportedly issued a fresh demand — that all mixed-gender prayer be forbidden ...

An Orthodox religious group has said it will hold a mass prayer event in a central Tel Aviv square for Yom Kippur even though the city, backed by the courts, prohibited it from erecting a gender ...

A new siddur and chumash, with more emphasis on Israel and the experience of Orthodox women, are challenging the publisher’s primacy. NEW YORK (JTA) — For decades, one name dominated the bookshelves ...