Seeing Through the Darkness: Inside Charlottesville’s Synagogue One Week Later – HuffPost
admin | August 21, 2017
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After a decade of opposition, a Florida synagogue longs for a place to call home – Washington Examiner
admin | August 21, 2017
Count me among the thousands of people who enjoy visiting southern Florida. On my first trip to Boca Raton, about an hour's drive north of Miami, I remember walking along the reef of South Inlet Park, waves crashing on the rocks, as local fishermen hailed me with friendly smiles and hellos. The city residents were welcoming overall, but I was there to expose how, for a decade, a vocal few have fought to keep the Chabad of East Boca Raton from building a synagogue.
Ritual Baths Excavated at Destroyed Great Synagogue of Vilna – Algemeiner
simmons | August 21, 2017
Email a copy of "Ritual Baths Excavated at Destroyed Great Synagogue of Vilna" to a friend Remains of a newly excavated mikvah that was used by congregants at the former Great Synagogue in Vilna. Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority. JNS.org A team of Israeli, Lithuanian and American archaeologists has unearthed the remains of two mikvahs (ritual baths) used by congregants at the Great Synagogue in Vilna, which is the modern-day capital of Lithuania
Charlottesville synagogue on fear, resolve and more security – The Charlottesville Newsplex
simmons | August 20, 2017
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- For Diane Gartner Hillman, the new reality of being Jewish in Charlottesville sunk in when she had to leave Congregation Beth Israel through the back door. On any other Saturday, worshippers at the city's lone synagogue would have left through the front and walked without fear to their cars, parked near the statue of Gen
Fearing deportation, Araceli Velasquez finds reprieve in a Denver … – The Denver Post
admin | August 20, 2017
Araceli Velasquez had an appointment with immigration officers, as shed had many times in the past. But this time, she didnt show up
Synagogue Beth Judah Symbol of Changing Times – Cape May County Herald
richards | August 19, 2017
WILDWOOD As the only active synagogue in Cape May County, Congregation Beth Judah in Wildwood, knows what it takes to not only survive changing trends in worship but to thrive. As President Karen Burke explained, We are really focusing on our connection to the community
Alameda synagogue vandalized by rock-thrower – SFGate
richards | August 18, 2017
Photo: Courtesy Of Mel Waldorf A window of Temple Israel of Alameda was boarded up after a vandal threw rocks at it Wednesday night. A window of Temple Israel of Alameda was boarded up after a vandal threw rocks at it Wednesday night.
Charlottesville says it provided protection to synagogue, refuting initial account – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
simmons | August 18, 2017
Police blocking off the street after a car rammed into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (JTA) Local officials said police provided protection to a synagogue during a far-right rally last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia refuting a claim by a Jewish community leader that they had refused to do so
Discovery in Lithuania: archeologists find ruins of Great Synagogue … – The Jerusalem Post
admin | August 18, 2017
Volunteers, students and archaeologists excavate two recently uncovered mikves once belonging to the Great Synagogue of Vilna.. (photo credit:DR. JOHNATHAN SELIGMAN) In 2015, a radar survey discovered ruins near a school in Vilnius, Lithuania
Holocaust discovery: Ritual baths uncovered in synagogue complex destroyed by Nazis – Fox News
simmons | August 17, 2017
Archaeologists have uncovered two ritual baths in the remains of the Great Synagogue of Vilna (Vilnius), in Lithuania, more than 70 years after its destruction during the Holocaust. A team of experts from Israel, the U.S. and Lithuania uncovered the baths in the Lithuanian capital last month, the latest discovery at the historic site.
