Religion News Service

Jews say making daylight saving time permanent threatens morning prayer

(RNS) — American Jews say they were blindsided by the U.S. Senate’s lightning-fast passage of a bill to make daylight saving time year-round and intend to fight it. The Sunshine Protection Act, which ...
Oregonian

Year-round daylight saving time would interfere with Jewish morning prayers, advocates say

American Jews say they were blindsided by the U.S. Senate’s lightning-fast passage of a bill to make daylight saving time year-round and intend to fight it. The Sunshine Protection Act, which passed ...
The Forward

The man who helps Jewish New York City marathoners run through their morning prayers

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — On Sunday, for the 36th time, Peter Berkowsky will wake up at 3:00 a.m., drive in the dark from his home in Livingston, New Jersey to Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island ...
The Jewish Exponent

The Pandemic Disrupted the Morning Minyan. When Will Non-Orthodox Jews Like Me Gather Again for Daily Prayer?

I live in one of the most concentrated Jewish communities in the United States, the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and I no longer have a daily morning minyan to attend in person. The pandemic ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Observant Jews Pray Time Change Won’t Harm Their Morning Worship

It’s 6:45 a.m. and the carpeted study room of the Kemp Mill Synagogue in suburban Washington is already abuzz with the clicking of tefillin and the murmur of worship. Twenty men and women stand as the ...
Sun Sentinel

At Rikers Island, Jewish volunteers find a ‘powerful connection’ with inmates by leading prayer services

(New York Jewish Week) Growing up in the Bronx and Harlem, Howard Padilla said he has always been interested in Judaism. He even has a Star of David and the Hebrew letters for God tattooed on his ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The man who helps Jewish New York City marathoners run through their morning prayers

For the 36th time, Peter Berkowsky will set up a morning minyan at the start of the 26.2-mile race. (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — On Sunday, for the 36th time, Peter Berkowsky will wake up at 3:00 ...