admin | August 28, 2021
Beginning in 1985, a series of national surveys showed that Americans were evenly divided on the question of evolution between 1985 to 2007 when they were asked to agree or disagree with this statement: Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.
admin | August 28, 2021
The toxic effects of lead production are far more drastic and widespread than initially believed, according to a study conducted at Jerusalems Hebrew University.
admin | July 30, 2021
Forty-two years ago this month, I started learning Hebrew. Forty-two years later, I finally have a hang of the language (Im a slow learner). If only my ulpan teacher, and those other scoffers and mockers in my class, could see me now
admin | July 30, 2021
New Englands largest senior health care provider said Monday that it will require all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct.
admin | July 30, 2021
GRANVILLE, N.Y. Born in Israel, raised in both Philadelphia and Vermont, young Netanel Crispe is steeped in history. While he wont start college until the fall, Crispe, of Danby, is director of the East Poultney Jewish Cemetery Restoration Project, an effort that saw a neglected, nearly forgotten Hebrew cemetery in Poultney restored in early June.
admin | July 30, 2021
When it comes to weddings, there are many highlights on that beautiful day. However, two people carry the bulk of it
admin | July 30, 2021
By Burton Figler Halfway through the year 2021, the Coronavirus pandemic is finally winding down and the communities just north of Boston are returning to normal. For Jews living in the cities and towns of northern Greater Boston Chelsea, East Boston, Everett, Revere and Winthrop the meaning of normal, like elsewhere, is unclear. For many years prior to the pandemic, these Boston Suburbs had very large Jewish communities that included dozens of synagogues, temples and Hebrew Schools
admin | July 30, 2021
When an auction house recently unveiled a newcatalogof rare Jewish books and manuscripts, Rabbi Elli Fischer was among the many who rushed to examine the goods. An Israeli-American university researcher, Fischer was particularly intrigued by an old handwritten journal opening bid: $100,000. The journal, known as a ledger, or pinkas, belonged to a rabbi from the holy city of Tiberias who had toured Jewish Europe some 200 years ago to raise money for his community
admin | July 30, 2021
Two days ago in Haifa, a city where Palestinian Arabs comprise 10% of the population, the municipality placed a sign in one of the parks in the French Carmel neighborhood to remind people who have dogs to close the gates. The sign is written in Hebrew, English and Russian, but not Arabic, thus excluding the Palestinian Arabic-speaking residents that live in the neighborhood.
admin | July 30, 2021
Fred Fox thought he wanted to grow up to be a rabbi, comedian, therapist or entertainer. Instead, he became a stockbroker in his native New York City. Now retired and living in Tiburon, Fox, 73, has pretty much achieved his childhood goals as the Spinning Rabbi
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