simmons | July 31, 2017
Photo Credit: Screenshot A fire broke out Monday morning, Tisha BeAv eve, at the youth synagogue in Mevo Horon in the Benjamin region of Judea and Samaria. The synagogue was burned down with Torah scrolls that could not be saved
richards | July 31, 2017
Two Boca Raton residents are trying for a third time to sue the city over a pending synagogue project in one of the citys busiest areas. Boca Raton is asking for the court to dismiss the lawsuit a third time after Gerald Gagliardi and Kathleen MacDougall challenged the legality of the project.
simmons | July 30, 2017
NEW YORK Once pillars of Jewish life in Europe, hundreds of synagogues across the Old Continent had been destroyed in the period around World War II.
richards | July 30, 2017
New Jersey State Capitol Building.jpg iStock Two New Jersey men convicted in the firebombing of North Jersey synagogues in 2011 and 2012 were each sentenced to 35 years in prison. Anthony Graziano and Aakash Dalal were charged on a 30-count indictment in 2013 with arson and bias-related incidents that occurred from December 2011 to January 2012 in the Bergen County towns of Paramus, Rutherford, Maywood and Hackensack, according to NorthJersey.com, which reported their sentencing Friday. Aakash Dalal, a resident of the New Jersey borough of Lodi was convicted last November for vandalizing and firebombing synagogues and a rabbis home in 2012
richards | July 29, 2017
GREEN BAY Its going to feel different for Rabbi Shaina Bacharach. We never get to sit together in temple, Bacharach said, referring to her husband, Bob Dick
richards | July 28, 2017
Patch.com Synagogue Firebombers Sentenced To 35 Years: Report - Patch Patch.com Ridgewood-Glen Rock, NJ - Aakash Dalal, 24, masterminded a series of attacks and show Anthony Graziano how to make Molotov cocktails that were used in ... 2 men convicted in synagogue fire bombings get prison New Jersey Herald New Jersey Men Sentenced For Firebombing Synagogues And Rabbi's Home Forward Synagogue bombers get 35 years The Jewish Standard NJ.com all 8 news articles »
simmons | July 28, 2017
Egypt is planning to shell out $2 million for the renovation of a synagogue in Alexandria that attests to a Jewish presence in the country that has endured for millennia. We are experiencing a renaissance, Samy Ibrahim, a member of the Cairo Jewish community, told the Religious News Service
admin | July 27, 2017
Egyptian Jews By Jacob Wirtschafter | 25 mins ago The 700-seat Italianate synagogue is one of four buildings on a compact city block that once comprised the Jewish community living in Alexandrias historic center, including a three-story school, a community center and two residential buildings. RNS photo by Jacob Wirtschafter ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (RNS) A $2 million restoration of Egypts largest synagogue is the start of a government effort to keep alive the legacy of the Jewish community, whose members have largely left for Israel, France and elsewhere since the middle of the last century.
simmons | July 26, 2017
If Rabbi Hyim Shafner encounters Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, at Kesher Israel in Washington, D.C., he already has a line planned: Hmmm... are you related to the Teaneck Trumps? Shafner is preparing to become head rabbi at Kesher Israel after he leaves Bais Abraham Congregation, a modern Orthodox synagogue in University City, later this summer
admin | July 26, 2017
Patch.com Upper West Side Synagogue Granted Permission To Sell Building To Developers Patch.com UPPER WEST SIDE, NY A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled in favor of an Upper West Side synagogue petitioning to sell its 179-year-old building to a real estate developer in the hopes of tearing it down and replacing it with a mixed-use ...
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