admin | April 26, 2020
When I first heard about the coronavirus lockdown, I naturally assumed that I wouldnt be hearing from my synagogues youth leaders, Harry and Leora, since almost all the interactions they have with us were in person. However, I couldnt have been more wrong and my weeks since the lockdown have been filled with zoom events
admin | April 26, 2020
(JTA) The road to reopening for houses of worship has been paved in a handful of states, even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to kill more than 1,500 Americans a day. But synagogues in the Republican-led states that are relaxing some restrictions including Georgia, Texas and South Carolina appear unlikely to take advantage of their governors permission to open anytime soon.
admin | April 26, 2020
Like many churches and synagogues across Canada, members of the Shaarei Shomayim synagogue in Toronto have been holding daily services via the video conference appZoomsince the COVID-19 outbreak. Rabbi Chaim Strauchler said their prayer services have been held without incident, but that all changed last Sunday night.
admin | April 26, 2020
JTA Midway through Lila Dukes bat mitzvah ceremony, her familys cat made an appearance. Minnies interruption was one of many ways that Lilas coming-of-age ceremony was different from what she had expected.
admin | April 26, 2020
While Charlotte Coker planned to hold her Bat Mitzvah and celebration on May 23, the COVID-19 crisis has forced her to cancel her party. Wochit For aboutfive years, Charlotte Coker has attended Hebrew School three times a week at Temple Concord in Binghamton.
admin | April 26, 2020
Rare Second Temple-era synagogue uncovered near Beit Shemesh will have to be relocated to another area to allow for already approved highway widening. By Paul Shindman, World Israel News An ancient Jewish village recently unearthed may have to stay mostly buried because it was discovered after a highway widening project had already been changed to accommodate another archaeological site, the Makor Rishon newspaper reported Sunday. The ancient site from the Second Temple period was discovered just outside the city of Beit Shemesh, 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of Jerusalem, adjacent to an existing archeological dig from the time of the First Temple.
admin | April 26, 2020
BERLIN (JTA) This capital city hasnt been locked down to the same extent as cities in France or Italy, or even different regions of Germany, like Bavaria. But the same harsh general restrictions on daily life apply
admin | April 26, 2020
Lori Gilbert-Kaye was an avid reader. The last book she bought was called A Time to Heal. It was on her nightstand at home when she was killed a year ago in the mass shooting at her synagogue, Chabad of Poway
admin | April 26, 2020
WASHINGTON (JTA) For the folks who monitor anti-Semitism, a pandemic-induced nightmare nearly became real this month. A Massachusetts man was arrested for trying to set off a firebomb near the entrance of a Jewish home for the elderly. He got the idea, federal authorities said, from the internet.
admin | April 26, 2020
The Plot Against America is actually a gripping portrayal of a potential plot against the Jews. And it poses a worrisome question: Will the latent antisemitism depicted in this HBO series based on the Phillip Roth novel prove to be fact or fiction? We only think were Americans, says Bess at a pivotal point in the television adaptation of Philip Roths dystopian novel The Plot Against America.
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