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  • Orthodox Jews from Stamford Hill pray outside the tomb of Rabbi Shulem Moshkovitz, The Shotzer Rebbe who is buried in the Adath Yisroel cemetery, Enfield. Before his death in 1958 (5718 Jewish years) he promised to help everyone who attended his tomb on a Friday morning and lit 3 candles.  It is thought by people in the local community that thousands have had spiritual help after lighting candles and praying here. On Friday the 12th of January 2007 it was the anniversary of his death, hundreds of people turned up to light candles, place them on his tomb and pray.
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  • Orthodox Jews from Stamford Hill light candles at the tomb of Rabbi Shulem Moshkovitz, The Shotzer Rebbe who is buried in the Adath Yisroel cemetery, Enfield. Before his death in 1958 (5718 Jewish years) he promised to help everyone who attended his tomb on a Friday morning and lit 3 candles.  It is thought by people in the local community that thousands have had spiritual help after lighting candles and praying here. On Friday the 12th of January 2007 it was the anniversary of his death, hundreds of people turned up to light candles, place them on his tomb and pray.
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  • Orthodox Jewish men  during Morning Prayer inside a Stamford Hill synagogue. Communal praying in a minyan (quorum) is preferred by men who wear a Tallit (prayer shawl) and a Tefillin (a box containing strips of parchment inscribed with 4 passages of the Torah) on their heads with the leather straps around their arm and hand.
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  • A Muslim prisoner praying in his cell. HMP Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom
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  • A Muslim prisoner praying in his cell. HMP Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom
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  • A Muslim refugee praying in Calais, France whilst waiting to get into the UK..After the Sangatte refugee camp closed down an average of 200 refugees lived on the streets of Calais, without food, money or accommodation, trying most nights to get to Britain.  There were many different nationalities, mainly Iraqi and Afghani, but also Sudanese, Palestinian and Turkish. 95% are male, aged between 16 and 50.
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  • A young Orthodox Jewish boys preparing to pray by wrapping the leather strap of his Tefillin around his arm and a Tallit (prayer shawl) around his shoulders.  The arm-Tefillin, is worn on the upper arm, while the head-Tefillin, is placed above the forehead. They serve as a "sign" and "remembrance" that God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt. According to Jewish Law, they should be worn during weekday Morning Prayer services.
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  • Sisters go to pray at the crypt in the Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Sisters go to pray at the crypt in the Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Friends of a 13 year-old Orthodox Jewish boy who have already had their Bar Mitzvah pray without him before his begins, Stamford Hill. The Bar Mitzvah signals the coming of age for a young Jewish boy, they become responsible to observe the commandments of the Torah. It coincides with physical puberty and they begin to participate in all areas of Jewish life. A Bar mitzvah ceremony is a big occasion, the young boy reads a section from the Torah to his family and friends and a mitzvah meal is consumed.
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  • A young Orthodox Jewish boys preparing to pray by wrapping the leather strap of his Tefillin around his arm and a Tallit (prayer shawl) around his shoulders.  The arm-Tefillin, is worn on the upper arm, while the head-Tefillin, is placed above the forehead. They serve as a "sign" and "remembrance" that God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt. According to Jewish Law, they should be worn during weekday Morning Prayer services.
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  • A Muslin prisoner prays on his matt inside his cell at Wandsworth prison..HMP Wandsworth in South West London was built in 1851 and is one of the largest prisons in Western Europe. It has a capacity of 1456 prisoners.
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  • A Muslim prisoner prays in his cell at Wandsworth prison..HMP Wandsworth in South West London was built in 1851 and is one of the largest prisons in Western Europe. It has a capacity of 1456 prisoners.
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  • Sisters sing prayers every afternoon at the Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Sisters sing prayers every afternoon at the Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Sisters in the gardens of Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Sistersgather outside the Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Sistersgather outside the Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Sistersgather outside the Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Sistersgather outside the Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • A muslin prisoner reads the Koran sitting on his bunk by the window in his cell at Wandsworth prison..HMP Wandsworth in South West London was built in 1851 and is one of the largest prisons in Western Europe. It has a capacity of 1456 prisoners.
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  • Sisters sing prayers every afternoon at the Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Shabbat is the weekly day of rest for Orthodox Jews; it lasts from sunset on a Friday to 1 hour past sunset on Saturday. The women of the household mark the beginning the Sabbath by lighting the candles and saying prayers. All food for the 3 meals of Shabbat are prepared in advance as no work can be done on Shabbat.
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  • The items needed for an Orthodox Jewish man during Morning Prayer. A copy of siddur (prayer book containing daily prayers) the Tallit and two tefillins, the leather straps from the arm Tefillin is being worn. Once all these items have been put on correctly Morning Prayer can begin.
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  • Sisters wait to go into prayers at the Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Sisters in the gardens of Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Sisters in the gardens of Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
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  • Sisters eat their lunch at Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Road, London.
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  • A prison guard walks past a  sign to the prison mosque inside Wandsworth prison..HMP Wandsworth in South West London was built in 1851 and is one of the largest prisons in Western Europe. It has a capacity of 1456 prisoners.
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  • Sisters eat their lunch at Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Road, London.
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  • The caretaker of Gan Eden Synagogue in Stamford Hill putting away one of the elaborately decorated Torah scrolls inside the Ark of the synagogue. The ark is generally a receptacle or cupboard that contains all the synagogues torah scrolls; it is generally located on the wall considered closest to Jerusalem.
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  • Two Tefillin cases on top of a velvet case used to protect the Tallit and siddur (prayer book containing daily prayers). A Tefillin is the small back box containing prayers written on small scrolls that an Orthodox Jewish man places on his arm and head during Morning Prayer.
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  • Two Orthodox Jewish men praying from the same prayer book in Springfield park, Stamford Hill, to celebrate the festival of Birkat Hachama (Blessing of the Sun).  It is a Jewish blessing that is recited in appreciation of the Sun once every twenty-eight years, when the vernal equinox as calculated by tradition falls on a Tuesday at sundown. Jewish tradition says that when the Sun completes this cycle, it has returned to its position when the world was created. According to Judaism, the Sun has a 28 year solar cycle known as machzor gadol
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols arriving at HMP Wormwood Scrubs to meet staff from PACT and visit men inside the prison to attend prayers in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • A golden cross inside the chapel at HMP Wormwood Scrubs on the 28th of March 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • A golden cross inside the chapel at HMP Wormwood Scrubs on the 28th of March 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • The main entrance to HMP Wormwood Scrubs on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols meets men from the bible studies group in the prison chapel on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with chaplain staff on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Andy Keen-Downs, director of PACT with Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe outside HMP Wormwood Scrubs on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols outside HMP Wormwood Scrubs on the 19th of January 2022, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols arriving at HMP Wormwood Scrubs to meet staff from PACT and visit men inside the prison to attend prayers in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe meets Chaplin staff in the prison chapel on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols arriving at HMP Wormwood Scrubs to meet staff from PACT and visit men inside the prison to attend prayers in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • A prison officer walking through the main entrance to HMP Wormwood Scrubs on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • The main entrance to HMP Wormwood Scrubs on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
    UK-HMP-WormwoodScrubs-6655.jpg
  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Cardinal Vincent Nichols attending prayers and bible studies in the prison chapel with the Catholic chaplain Father Chima Ibekwe on the 19th of January 2022, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Andy Aitchison)
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  • A golden reclining Buddha statue in the sunlight in a Killing Cave of Phnom Sampeau in Battambang region, Cambodia, South East Asia. The lying Buddha represents his last illness, about to enter the parinirvana (after death). Many victims were killed and thrown into these caves during the Khmer Rouge in 1970s. A Cambodian man sits in front of the statue making wrist band souvenirs.  (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • A golden reclining Buddha statue in the sunlight in a Killing Cave of Phnom Sampeau in Battambang region, Cambodia, South East Asia.  Next to the statue is a shrine containing skulls and bones from some of the victims who were killed thrown into these caves during the Khmer Rouge in 1970s. A Cambodian man sits in front of the statue making wrist band souvenirs.  (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Five golden Buddhist statues covered with traditional orange robes in Vajrasana kneeling meditation position on a wall covered with traditional orange robes in Wat Banan, Battambang region, Cambodia, South East Asia. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Hundreds of Orthodox Jews gathered today (8th of April 2009) in Springfield park, Stamford Hill, to celebrate the festival of Birkat Hachama (blessing of the sun).  It is a Jewish blessing that is recited in appreciation of the Sun once every twenty-eight years, when the vernal equinox as calculated by tradition falls on a Tuesday at sundown. Jewish tradition says that when the Sun completes this cycle, it has returned to its position when the world was created. According to Judaism, the Sun has a 28 year solar cycle known as machzor gadol
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  • A prison officer locks the security gate to the prison chapel and mosque. HMP Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom
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  • A selection of faith and self help books in the prison chapel. HMP/YOI Askham Grange is a women's open prison serving the Yorkshire area with a capacity of 128 women. It has extensive education, training and mother and Baby facilities.
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  • Hundreds of Orthodox Jews gathered today (8th of April 2009) in Springfield park, Stamford Hill, to celebrate the festival of Birkat Hachama (blessing of the sun).  It is a Jewish blessing that is recited in appreciation of the Sun once every twenty-eight years, when the vernal equinox as calculated by tradition falls on a Tuesday at sundown. Jewish tradition says that when the Sun completes this cycle, it has returned to its position when the world was created. According to Judaism, the Sun has a 28 year solar cycle known as machzor gadol
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  • An Orthodox Jewish man belonging the Bobov Hasidism during Morning Prayer inside a Stamford Hill synagogue. Communal praying in a minyan (quorum) is preferred by men who wear a Tallit (prayer shawl) and a Tefillin (a box containing strips of parchment inscribed with 4 passages of the Torah) on their heads with the leather straps around their arm and hand.
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  • Rob and Ian lighting candles and praying inside Peterborough cathedral. They were both recently living on the streets of Peterborough for a number of years.  With belief in their faith and the help of Hope into Action they are now settled into safe and secure housing and are building connections with their families. Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. UK
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  • Men praying and casting away their sins into the river Lea, Hackney, London for Tashlich. Tashlich is a Jewish practice that is performed during Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year). Men and women gather near a large body of flowing water and symbolically 'cast off' the previous year's sins by throwing pieces of bread into the water while reading a prayer (the last verses from the prophet Micah).
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  • An unaccompanied minor refugee child praying on the floor in his bedroom where he has been recently housed. United Kingdom (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Orthodox Jewish men belonging the Bobov Hasidism during Morning Prayer inside a Stamford Hill synagogue. Communal praying in a minyan (quorum) is preferred by men who wear a Tallit (prayer shawl) and a Tefillin (a box containing strips of parchment inscribed with 4 passages of the Torah) on their heads with the leather straps around their arm and hand.
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  • Orthodox Jewish men belonging the Bobov Hasidism during morning prayer inside a Stamford Hill synagogue. Communal praying in a minyan (quorum) is preferred by men who wear a Tallit (prayer shawl) and a Tefiillin (a box containing strips of parchment inscribed with 4 passages of the Torah) on their heads with the leather straps around their arm and hand.
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  • The view of the Rebbe as seen by woman pray in Synagogue from behind a screen called a Mechitza.  Like all Orthodox synagogues woman pray separately to men. In the Viznitz Synagogue (pictured) in Stamford Hill, London women pray from upstairs on a balcony and behind screens (Mechitza).
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  • Woman pray in Synagogue from behind a screen called a Mechitza.  Like all Orthodox synagogues woman pray separately to men. In the Viznitz Synagogue (pictured) in Stamford Hill, London women pray from upstairs on a balcony and behind screens (Mechitza).
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  • The prison chapel at HMP Kingston, Portsmouth, United Kingdom. This chapel is available to all prisoners to pray, whatever religion. Kingston prison is a category C prison holding indeterminate sentenced prisoners.
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  • Rabbi Yisrael Oriel Ben Moshe Shlomo, an African Rabbi from Cameroon who converted to Judaism 20 years ago. He prays at the Persian Hebrew congregation and the Moroccan 'Hida' Synagogue and Bet Midrash on East Bank, Stamford Hill, London.
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  • Rabbi Yisrael Oriel Ben Moshe Shlomo, an African Rabbi from Cameroon who converted to Judaism 20 years ago. He prays at the Persian Hebrew congregation and the Moroccan 'Hida' Synagogue and Bet Midrash on East Bank, Stamford Hill, London.
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