I was hired to photograph a bar mitzvah at the Kotel. It was disrupted by Haredi protestors
Bar mitzvah attendees were violently harassed by dozens of Haredim, despite holding the ceremony in the egalitarian section
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Letters Extending daylight savings does not conflict with halacha
To the editor: The Forward reports that some Orthodox rabbis oppose extending daylight saving time throughout the year because “a 9 a.m. sunrise” would require them to attend to their morning prayers late and delay their arrival at work. Let’s first take a look at Jewish law. The 20 volume Babylonian Talmud begins with a…
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Culture Facebook has a new prayer feature. But is it made for Jews?
After her daughter was killed in a drive-by shooting earlier this year and her son began using drugs to cope with the pain, one mother was overwhelmed. Unsure what to do or how to help, she posted about it on Wednesday in “PRAYER WARRIORS,” a Christian Facebook group with over 827 thousand members, requesting prayers…
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News This Jewish filmmaker with autism has one big question for Jews with disabilities
Benjamin Rosloff, an aspiring Jewish filmmaker living with autism, was filming a bar mitzvah in Port Washington, NY. But the young boy getting bar mitzvahed didn’t say the prayers or read the Torah with his own voice. He also had autism, and relied on an augmentative speech device to communicate. “I couldn’t tell whether the…
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Opinion This year, I learned the pain and beauty of praying outside
This essay originally appeared in the New York Jewish Week. Friday night. We are standing in a paved plaza beside Riverside Drive; the air is crisp, the fresh snow is sparkling like diamond dust in the setting sun. We are 6 feet apart and masked (I can’t wait for this combined phrase to become obsolete)….
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Fast Forward ‘Amen and a-woman’ leaves Republicans and Democrats squabbling and Hebrew scholars scratching their heads
Hebrew etymology is trending on Twitter after Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, a Missouri Democrat, ended his opening prayer to the 117th Congress with the phrase “amen and a-woman.” “May the lord lift up the light of his countenance upon us and give us peace — peace in our families, peace in this land and there I…
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Community A prayer for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine
Several doctors and nurses reached out to me to ask if I would compose a prayer for them to recite at the moment they received their COVID-19 vaccinations. It didn’t occur to me to write this prayer, but instantly I realized that it is a holy step, a blessing and a miracle of science. We…
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Community A prayer for the Thanksgiving table
For the laughter of the children, For my own life-breath, For the abundance of food on this table, For the ones who prepared this sumptuous feast, For the roof over our heads, The clothes on our backs, For our health, And our wealth of blessings, For this opportunity to celebrate with family and friends, For…
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