admin | April 18, 2020
Although the Holocaust was all too real, the local commemoration of it will be virtual this year. The Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge, Congregation Bnai Israel, Beth Shalom Synagogue and Temple Shalom will join the Los Angeles global event organized through the Museum of the Holocaust at 4 p.m. Sunday on the Zoom internet meeting site.
admin | April 18, 2020
It could be said that Jews and Christians make an unusual mix when it comes to their traditions of worship. But when the coronavirus crisis got in the way of people filling churches and synagogues during the recent holy season, the two religions found common ground in Andover. In a display of religious cooperation, the Temple Emanuel Jewish synagogue lent its space and streaming equipment to membersof Andover Baptist Church to broadcasttheir Easter services remotely
admin | April 18, 2020
Thousands of New Yorkers aren't attending services at their respective houses of worship right nowwhen they may need to the most. Thankfully, churches, synagogues and other holy places are live-streaming their sermons, homilies and practices of faith so their congregations can still worship. To help you tune in, here arethe weekly streams from someof the city's biggest houses of worship: Each Sunday's mass is live at 10:15am atsaintpatrickscathedral.org/live.
admin | April 18, 2020
I set up a green screen to make it look like I was in the synagogue: How this Toronto rabbi hosted a Seder over Zoom In the Jewish tradition, a Passover Seder is a time to get together with the key people in our lives. No matter how observant you are, or how disconnected you may feel from Jewish culture, this is the night when we all come together under one roof to celebrate our Jewish identity by singing songs, reciting prayers, eating symbolic foods and collectively remembering the story of the ancient Israelites exodus from Egypt
admin | April 14, 2020
A synagogue in Huntsville, Alabama was vandalized on the first night of Passover with neo-Nazi graffiti. Among the graffiti spray painted sometime over Wednesday night on the Etz Chayim Synagogue, a Conservative congregation of about 60 families in South Huntsville, were F Kikes, Gas Em All, White Power, Jew Scum, and Holohoax.
admin | April 14, 2020
With synagogues shuttered indefinitely, Jewish life is evolving to conform with the new home-based reality. When possible, technology is taking a more prominent role, facilitating Torah study, fellowship and more
admin | April 14, 2020
With Passover here and Easter coming up many want to observe the holy holidays with a church or synagogue service. However, in the age of Safer at Home quarantines to prevent spread of the coronavirus, such gatherings are discouraged. Luckily, we live in an age of technology where live streaming and video conferencing of spiritual/religious services is possible.
admin | April 14, 2020
With synagogues shut, a kibbutz has started working on a solution for the new world of cyber-prayer: a home ark for rabbis to use in their webcam services.
admin | April 14, 2020
A number of widely circulated Facebook posts published in early April claimed that the FBI seized a large cache of surgical masks from a synagogue in New York as part of a nationwide attempt to get much-needed medical equipment for the medical personnel on the frontlines against COVID-19.
admin | April 10, 2020
As Jewish people around the world began celebrating Passover on Wednesday, a Huntsville synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
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