Prayer

Freed Israeli hostages recite Shema prayer on New York City stage in front of thousands

This event was part of the Chabad-Lubavitch CTeen International Summit, an annual conference for Jewish teens from around the world.

FEBRUARY 24, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Freed Israeli hostages Matan Zangauker, Ilana Gritzewsky, and Segev Kalfon, recite the Shema prayer on stage in Times Square on February 21, 2026.

A general view of Jerusalem's Old City shows the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in the foreground as the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, is seen in the background.

Coalition lawmakers vow to advance bill granting Chief Rabbinate authority over Western Wall prayer

A new bill aims to give the Chief Rabbinate control over Western Wall prayer arrangements, with coalition lawmakers pushing for its passage.

FEBRUARY 22, 2026|ByKESHET NEEV

A Jewish woman covered in a white prayer shawl prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 2, 2018

Israel must advance permits for egalitarian Western Wall plaza, High Court orders

The ruling followed a hearing earlier last week, during which justices pressed state and municipal representatives over why worshippers at the egalitarian section still cannot reach the Wall.

FEBRUARY 22, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

An illustrative photograph of a man wearing tefillin

When prayer is weaponized: Preserving faith’s sincerity in a politicized world - opinion

True prayer lights the heart and softens the soul; it cannot be weaponized without losing meaning.

FEBRUARY 15, 2026|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN

Most American Jews say they rarely or never pray, new poll finds

A new Pew study finds a sharp decline in regular prayer among American Jews, with 58% now saying they seldom or never pray, up from 45% in 2014.

FEBRUARY 27, 2025ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

Rabbi David Kalb, center, leads a crowd of Jewish Deadheads in prayer at Citi Field's Jackie Robinson Rotunda on June 21, 2023.

Tu Bishvat and praying for the future

The notion of a winter prayer for an etrog may seem strange. We might wonder: Is this prayer still meaningful and relevant?

FEBRUARY 21, 2025ByLEVI COOPER

CHECKING AN etrog for blemishes in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood, ahead of Sukkot.

'My Zionism has only grown stronger,' freed hostage says at Washington prayer event

"We have to continue to the second stage and make sure all our loved ones come back," freed captive Noa Argamani said to the crowd.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Supporters calling for a return of the hostages gathered for national prayer.

Haredim hold prayer meeting in Stamford Hill in protest of bill threatening Yeshivas

Haredi campaigners have expressed fear that the Bill would lead to state interference in yeshivas and force them to teach secular subjects.

FEBRUARY 6, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER

Asifas Tefilah, the prayer gathering, held in Stamford Hill in response to the Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Trump’s win sparks hope for Jewish sovereignty on Temple Mount - opinion

Trump was overwhelmingly elected to save the United States from decline and to protect Israel from surging anti-Zionism and delegitimization in international courts and global public opinion.

JANUARY 27, 2025ByTULY WEISZ

JEWS AND Christians pray on the Temple Mount for the success of US President Donald Trump.

Grapevine: Razel at Hovevei

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 3, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

New Hanukkah prayer drafted for return of hostages and Oct 7 victims

Atid Le'Otef" Movement CEO Ehud Cohen said that the 2024 holiday would not be as joyful in the past as Jews needed to continue to remember the hostages held in captivity by Hamas.

DECEMBER 25, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR