admin | April 15, 2020
While their parents may have relied on tape recorders and CDs for their own bnei mitzvah preparations, students today learning to chant Torah can turn to YouTube. There are lots of cantors who have produced high-quality recordings on YouTube, said Ben Rotenberg, education director at Germantown Jewish Centre in Pennsylvania.
admin | April 15, 2020
One of the front-line defenses individuals have against the spread of the coronavirus can feel decidedly low-tech: hand-washing. In fact, it was 19th-century Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis who, after observational studies, first advanced the idea of hand hygiene in medical settings.
admin | April 15, 2020
The popular website Nextdoor purports to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on, according to its mission statement. Thats not what San Francisco real estate developer Craig Lipton experienced when he received an email from his Nob Hill Nextdoor account on April 10, alerting him to a new posting, allegedly from one of his neighbors
admin | April 15, 2020
Mindy* listened to the rabbi preside over her uncles funeral on Zoom. The virtual event has become commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it still felt surreal to her. Her father and uncle Ralph had been unusually close their dad died when they were young, and Ralph helped raise his little brother
admin | April 15, 2020
He called himself Commander online. He was a leader of an international neo-Nazi group linked to plots to attack a Las Vegas synagogue and detonate a car bomb at a major U.S. news network.
admin | April 15, 2020
WASHINGTON (CNS) As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause a severe economic slowdown and, among some people, distrust of the media and government, white supremacists across the nation are attempting to capitalize on the crisis to take advantage of the scared and confused in hopes of recruiting new followers. One white nationalist in particular, Tom Kawczynski, 39, currently hosts a podcast called "Coronavirus Central" on multiple sites, including Apple Podcasts, that is among the most popular podcasts under the health and fitness category
admin | April 15, 2020
Though I am not entirely sure why, people seem just plain fascinated by the (supposedly) cloistered communities of black clad Jews who briskly swarm -- entourage and side curls in tow -- through the streets of Brooklyn, the Diamond District and Old Jerusalem.
admin | April 15, 2020
From Thursday's N.Y.
admin | April 15, 2020
CHESTNUT RIDGEChaim Rosehas been appointed to the Board of Trustees, becoming the first Hasidic Jewish residentto serve on the governing body since the village formed in 1986. Rose's appointment March 26by Mayor Rosario Presti reflects the growing Orthodox Jewish influence in the Ramapo village and comes more than a year after the board adopted a zoning law permitting houses of worship in residential areas. The law has drawn three pendinglawsuits.
admin | April 15, 2020
Netflixs champion series Tiger King has undoubtedly nestled itself into the collective cultural memory of quarantine. Its sensationalism attracted 34 million viewers within 10 days of its release, entertaining and distracting us from our crisis. Another recent Netflix release, Unorthodox, deserves just as much attention as Tiger King receives
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