admin | September 21, 2020
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi entered his new position under less than ideal circumstances. Each side in the Likud-Blue and White unity coalition more or less had veto power over the other, leading to the political paralysis and infighting seen over the past few months
admin | September 21, 2020
Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilms s listed in fifth position in the The Jerusalem Post 2020 list of the 50 Most Influential Jews which was just published. Many people influence the world we live in and impact our daily lives.This year, we strived to create a list showcasing the diversity of the Jewish nation while highlighting people from all walks of life government, art, medicine, literature and science, The Jerusalem Post said. The paper recalled that Sophie Wilms is not only Belgiums first Jewish Prime Minister but also the only Jewish Prime Minister in Europe, at a time when antisemitism is rising both in her country and on the continent itself
admin | September 21, 2020
Health Law By Debra Cassens Weiss September 18, 2020, 10:59 am CDT Two women learned from their childrens home DNA tests that fertility doctors fraudulently used their own sperm to impregnate them, according to lawsuits filed against the doctors Wednesday. The doctors allegedly told the women that they would receive sperm from healthy, anonymous donors, according to the lawsuits (here and here) and a Sept
admin | September 21, 2020
Cultural anthropologist Alanna Cooper is undertaking a comprehensive study of the objects brought from buildings left behind as Clevelands Jewish congregations have migrated from their synagogue buildings in the center of the city to suburban locales. She was named one of four 2020-21 faculty fellows at Case Western Reserve Universitys Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship.
admin | September 21, 2020
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Police are trying to track down a man accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of construction tools from a synagogue in Brooklyn.
admin | September 21, 2020
Cultural anthropologist Alanna Cooper is undertaking a comprehensive study of the objects brought from buildings left behind as Clevelands Jewish congregations have migrated from their synagogue buildings in the center of the city to suburban locales. She was named one of four 2020-21 faculty fellows at Case Western Reserve Universitys Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship. Her grant is for a project entitled Digital Stores of Cleveland Synagogue Dispersion: Moving Pieces of Congregational Life
admin | September 21, 2020
TO THE EDITOR: In 2004, Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave the keynote address at the annual George Washington Letter Reading Ceremony at Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island. That year, we celebrated 350 years of Jewish Life in America. Justice Ginsburg was the sixth Jewish Justice on the U.S
admin | September 21, 2020
Renderings from Studio St Architects reveal a new 19-story tower located at 347 West 34th Street on the eastern edge of Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Described as a SynaCondo, the buildings typology will incorporate a portion of the existing West Side Jewish Center with a condominium volume above.
admin | September 21, 2020
At the Jewish Center on Manhattans Upper West Side, this years High Holidays will be anything but normal. With eight services happening in various spaces throughout the building, on the roof and in the street (closed off to facilitate services), approximately 400 people will gather for socially distanced and masked services at the Modern Orthodox synagogue.
admin | September 21, 2020
Roanoke's Beth Israel Synagogue celebrated Rosh Hashana with a possibly first-of-its-kind service in the congregation's more than 100-year history: an open-air celebration of the Jewish new year at Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium under a beautiful September sky on Sunday. It was the first time the congregation had been together since March, according to Rabbi Jamma Purser
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