The Moscow Times on MSN1d
As Russia’s Regions Battle Floods, Local Officials Hide Real Damage and Pray to God
When forecasts predicted that the waters of Siberia’s Ishim River would soon flood the city that shares its name, Russian Orthodox priests held a prayer service in the skies over the city to protect ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3y
Orthodox protesters disrupt Conservative Tisha B’Av prayer at Western Wall egalitarian section
(JTA) — A crowd of Orthodox men disrupted a Conservative prayer service on Tisha B’Av, a Jewish day of mourning, at the Western Wall — shouting down worshippers, attempting to block the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency9y
Western Wall prayer fight ends with historic compromise
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel’s government on Sunday approved a compromise to expand the non-Orthodox Jewish prayer section of the Western Wall, putting to rest the decades-long fight between ...