simmons | July 4, 2017
Synagogue membership 'falls by 20 per cent since 1990', report reveals Jewish Chronicle While the Orthodox middle continues to be squeezed, Charedi communities have more than tripled their share of the synagogue market from four per cent in 1990 to 13 per cent in 2016.
simmons | July 2, 2017
The Dura-Europos synagogue (or "Dura Europas", "Dura Europos" etc.) is an ancient synagogue uncovered at Dura-Europos, Syria, in 1932. The last phase of construction was dated by an Aramaic inscription to 244 CE, making it one of the oldest synagogues in the world. It is unique among the many ancient synagogues that have emerged from archaeological digs as the structure was preserved virtually intact, and it had extensive figurative wall-paintings, which came as a considerable surprise to scholars.
admin | July 2, 2017
WATCH LIVE Vandals posted a banner containing an anti-Jewish slur on a Holocaust memorial in front of a New Jersey shore town synagogue where several residents were recently accused of misrepresenting their incomes to improperly obtain public welfare benefits. Photos posted online Sunday by the state chapter of the Anti-Defamation League show the covering on the memorial in Lakewood.
simmons | July 2, 2017
AdathShalom Synagogue in Morris Plains exists to nurture the Jewish identity of all who enter its doors by making Judaism continually and increasingly relevant in our lives. We celebrate Judaism in a creative, warm and life-affirming manner, and welcome the diverse views and participation of members of all abilities in the evolution of our spiritual and community soul.
simmons | July 2, 2017
Rabbi Michael Rothbaum at Temple Beth Elohim. Michael Rothbaum was in kindergarten when the man he is succeeding at Congregation Beth Elohim assumed the pulpit of the Acton synagogue 40 years ago.
richards | July 2, 2017
Getty Images (JTA) Women who read aloud from the Torah at a synagogue in Marseille were subjected to threats and insults by congregants after local rabbis condemned the event. The dozens of threats and insults, made on social networks and in emails, started coming in Saturday night after the group of half a dozen women read the Torah at the Fleg Jewish Center that morning, the French community centers president,Raymond Arouch, and director, Martine Yana, wrote in a statement Monday. The threats were of all kinds of assaults and were intolerable, Arouch and Yana said in the statement, which neither identified the women nor contained examples of the abuse
admin | June 30, 2017
Jewish families across South Florida who aren't affiliated with a synagogue have the opportunity to give their children a traditional bar or bat mitzvah through Temple Beth El of Hollywood's Accelerated Prep Program. The inclusive APP is considered a no-strings attached course offered to Jewish families who do not want to join a synagogue but do want to have the bar or bat mitzvah for their child. This program is designed as a fast track one where teens learn to read Hebrew in order to read their Torah portion and lead the service
admin | June 30, 2017
(JTA) Women who read aloud from the Torah at a synagogue in Marseille were subjected to threats and insults by congregants after local rabbis condemned the event. The dozens of threats and insults, made on social networks and in emails, started coming in Saturday night after the group of half a dozen women read the Torah at the Fleg Jewish Center that morning, the French community centers president,Raymond Arouch, and director, Martine Yana, wrote in a statement Monday.
admin | June 30, 2017
ManyAtlanta synagogues have closed the doors on their gift shopsin recent years, and some remaining vendors are struggling to maintain their hold on customers. The one at Sinai closed, the AA (Ahavath Achim Synagogue) shop closed, Shearith Israel, they all closed
richards | June 29, 2017
PALERMO This is the first step on a long path, Archbishop of Palermo Corrado Lorefice said Thursday upon receiving the Raoul Wallenberg Medal for having transferred to the Jewish community a churchowned facility built atop the ruins of the Great Synagogue of Palermo. Addressing the audience at a celebratory event at his residence, Lorefice was moved to tears as a he delivered a heartfelt speech.
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