admin | July 7, 2017
Bnai Emunah Preschool, located in Congregation Bnai Emunah near 17th and Peoria, dedicated the Khalid Jabara Tikkun Olam Library Friday. (KTUL) A Tulsa preschool is memorializing a man who was killed in a hate crime with a library dedicated in his memory.
simmons | July 7, 2017
Unprecedented depictions of the biblical Jonah and the whale have been found at a fifth-century Roman synagogue in Israels lower Galilee. In the recently discovered mosaic, Jonahs legs are shown dangling from the mouth of a large fish, which is being swallowed by a larger fish, which is being consumed by a third, even larger fish. According to the team of specialists and students led by University of North Carolina, this is the first known depiction of the story of Jonah in an ancient synagogue in Israel
richards | July 6, 2017
Erfurt is a jewel-box of a city. Nestled along the banks of the Gera River in the heart of Germany, Erfurt boasts a beautifully preserved medieval center, replete with the storybook spires of a fortress and cathedrals
admin | July 6, 2017
South Florida Business Journal Exclusive: Office building proposed on former synagogue in Kendall South Florida Business Journal Galloway Road Partners, owned by Juan C. Mas and Albert J. Perez, filed a pre-application with county officials June 20.
simmons | July 6, 2017
The two candidates standing to become the next president of the United Synagogue say this weeks report on declining membership is a major cause for concern for central Orthodoxy. Michael Goldstein, who oversaw a growth of membership as president of Mill Hill Synagogue, said: It is worrying in terms of attrition. But I would like to understand how that compares to the total Jewish population.
richards | July 5, 2017
(JTA) A Muslim man who said he was planning to attack the main synagogue of Marseille was sentenced to two years in prison. A Marseille court sentenced Mohamed Chebab, 33, on Tuesday, a little over a year after he was arrested for praising the Islamic State terrorist group, lExpress news site reported.
richards | July 5, 2017
(JTA) The United Kingdom has the largest number of synagogues in its history, but membership in those institutions is at its lowest in decades, according to a newly published report. In its report titled Synagogue membership in the United Kingdom in 2016, the Institute for Jewish Policy Research counted 454 Jewish houses of worship with a combined membership of fewer than 80,000 households
admin | July 5, 2017
The doors to YPC Shari-Eli with its name outlined in sculptures | Marissa Stern YPC Shari-Eli may not have held a large event since service leader Joe Costins 1999 Bar Mitzvah, but you can still trust that every Saturday, its doors will be open for Shabbat services at 8:30 a.m. The synagogue has been around since 1952, though its predecessor was around long before then, maybe as far back as 1928.
simmons | July 5, 2017
Jewish Chronicle (blog) The Secret Shul-Goer No 2: West London Synagogue - The Jewish ... Jewish Chronicle (blog) I almost never made it to West London Synagogue
richards | July 4, 2017
As Narendra Modi becomes the first Indian Prime Minister tovisit Israel, there is already a strong cultural relationship between the two countries, and something in Delhi itself that is at the very foundation of thecommunity ofIndian-origin Jews in Israel. Barely four kilometres from the Prime Ministers official residence in New Delhi, is the symbol of Jewish existence in India-- the Judah Hyam Synagogue
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