“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 ...
Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum presented what it termed as the oldest known Jewish prayer book, or siddur, at a closed ceremony Thursday evening. The tiny manuscript, about the size of an iPhone 4s, ...
The Forward: A trans Jew has created a nonbinary, open-source prayer book that aims to include all
A trans Jew has created a nonbinary, open-source prayer book that aims to include all
Winners have been announced in the Jewish Book Council's 2014 National Jewish Book Awards - one of the prime winners of accolades in the contest was the Koren Ani Tefilla Siddur, a Hebrew and English ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs: New on Rikers Island: a Jewish prayerbook designed with incarcerated congregants in mind
The one-of-a-kind siddur features bright colors, bold text and an amalgam of Hebrew, English, Russian and Ladino prayers, as well as meditations on healing and recovery and poems. When some of Rabbi ...
New on Rikers Island: a Jewish prayerbook designed with incarcerated congregants in mind
(JTA) — This article originally appeared on Alma. There’s a new siddur on the block that uses all nonbinary Hebrew forms and neopronouns for G-d* in English. “Siddur Davar Ḥadash” is designed for ...
A precious object finds its way home. By Ken Schlager It started with an email. The subject line: “Sylvia Kanner’s Siddur.” Kanner was my late mother’s maiden name. Siddur is the Hebrew word for ...