Q&A: Buffalo’s Jewish community responds to mass shooting J. – The Jewish News of Northern California
admin | May 20, 2022
A mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, N.Y.
Why this town’s Jewish population has doubled during the pandemic – St. Louis Jewish Light
admin | May 20, 2022
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (JTA) The upscale Uruguayan coastal resort city of Punta del Este checks a lot of boxes for 18-year-old Argentine Sofia Grosz: gorgeous beaches, vibrant nightlife, a hub for many of her Jewish school friends from Buenos Aires. Coming here, its almost a tradition in our family, said Grosz, who belongs to the famed Hacoaj Jewish sport and community center back home and graduated from a Jewish high school last year
Medieval hell and haven: Venice’s former ghetto still exalts Jewish culture – Stars and Stripes
admin | May 20, 2022
The entrance to Venice's Jewish ghetto is through a small alley off a street of shops and restaurants. This is the view looking out to the street
Cambridge Guildhall’s 700 year history including time as a Jewish Synagogue and gaol – Cambridgeshire Live
admin | May 20, 2022
Every Thursday here at CambridgeshireLive, we like to take a trip down memory lane with our 'Throwback Thursday' series.
Jewish Women’s Foundation of South Palm Beach hosts Granting Wishes event – South Florida Sun Sentinel
admin | May 20, 2022
The Jewish Womens Foundation of South Palm Beach Countys annual Granting Wishes reception at the Polo Club of Boca Raton drew close to 200 guests. The JWF of South Palm Beach is a program of the Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
Far from Milwaukee, a son mourns with the help of an area synagogue – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
admin | May 20, 2022
Andrew Feldman| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel My father, Jerry Feldman, had decided he had had enough. After two weeks in a Chapel Hill, N.C.,hospital, with terminal cancer and no quality of life left, he asked his palliative care physician to help him die. She removed his breathing support and ensured he had enough sedation to be comfortable
Rubio, Cruz introduce bill to secure the Visa Waiver Program after Texas Synagogue hostage situation – Fox News
admin | May 20, 2022
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Two Republican senators are introducing a bill that they say would secure the Department of Homeland Security's Visa Waiver Program by requiring information sharing agreements between government agencies and involved countries, and creating stricter penalties for non-compliance, months after a British citizen with a long criminal history entered the U.S. and took members of a Texas Synagogue hostage earlier this year.
The Tragic Comedy of the Anti-Zionist Synagogue – The Times of Israel
admin | May 20, 2022
Recently in the Forward, I read about this synagogue, Tzedek Chicago, that has the tragic distinction of being the first anti-Zionist synagogue in America.
Whats Jewish about tikkun olam? – The Jewish Standard
admin | May 20, 2022
There is a prestigious Reform synagogue in Manhattan with a well-deserved reputation for social action. This synagogue organized and supported an orphanage for Jewish babies as far back as 1916.
Overturning Roe would be an unconscionable infringement on the religious freedom of Orthodox Jews – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | May 20, 2022
(JTA) As Orthodox rabbis, we are devastated by the news that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. If this happens, states will be free to pass laws to prohibit or strictly limit abortion, and approximately 25 of them are prepared to do so or already have.
