admin | August 6, 2022
Many recent mass shootings have largely hit Jewish communities, and now the communities have had to come to grips with tragedy. Its been exactly one month since a gunman opened fire at the 4th of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
admin | August 6, 2022
Here we round up new and forthcoming childrens titles, including a middle grade book about siblings discovering a magical box in the woods, a picture book featuring a multiracial girl traversing the globe to visit her grandmothers, a picture book highlighting important Black male leaders, a middle schooler overcoming her fear of gym class, and more. The Daredevils by Rob Buyea
admin | August 6, 2022
In some corners of the Jewish community, one hears no end of jeremiads on the state of Jewish education in the country today. Grumble grumble, they all leave after their bnai mitzvah, and its all the parents fault! Grumble grumble, we have to spend more money on day schools or risk losing the next generation to assimilation! Grumble grumble, if they dont learn to keep Shabbos theyll intermarry or worse, become anti-Israel! There is nothing new under the sun. Since the earliest days of this newspaper, theres been no shortage of reporters, teachers, parents and community leaders (and others, no doubt) lamenting the imperfections and shortcomings of Jewish education throughout our country and region.
admin | August 6, 2022
Daily ScriptureTHURSDAY 8.4.22 Acts 6:5, 8-12, 7:54-60 Acts 6 5 This proposal pleased the entire community. They selected Stephen, a man endowed by the Holy Spirit with exceptional faith, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. 8 Stephen, who stood out among the believers for the way Gods grace was at work in his life and for his exceptional endowment with divine power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.
admin | August 6, 2022
With San Francisco having emerged as the epicenter of Californias monkeypox outbreak with nearly 400 confirmed cases as of Tuesday, the day after the citys state of emergency went into effect local LGBTQ Jewish leaders are stepping to the forefront. One prominent gay San Franciscan, state Sen. Scott Wiener, began urging city leaders early on to declare the state of emergency, saying it would create significant flexibility around testing, contracting for services and administration of vaccinations.
admin | August 6, 2022
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant fromSinai Memorial Chapel.Denise Amiel AbecassisFeb. 3, 1939July 9, 2022Denise Amiel Abecassis Denise Amiel Abecassis (Dina bat Rachel) passed away on July 9, 2022 at age 83, surrounded and held by her family and friends. Denise was born and raised in Mazagan, Morocco, in 1939, by her parents Abraham and Clara Amiel, and alongside her three siblings, Mesod Amiel, Solange Abecassis (nee Amiel, and Jacques Amiel.
admin | August 6, 2022
The parents of a toddler. A father of eight and a grandfather to many. A synagogue employee known for her kindness.
admin | August 6, 2022
Sunbathers, bikers, and boaters were out and about, just like any other day down the Shore except on this recent Sunday, a small procession was making its way from the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Longport to the seawall across the street.
admin | August 6, 2022
Imagine youre a 17-year-old boy from abroad whose parents have both belief in the value of education and the means to achieve it sufficient means to send you to a private boarding school in the United States for high school as the first step to an American university education. As your senior year approaches, your homeland becomes too dangerous a place for your wealthy parents and siblings to remain, and they, too, come to the United States. But theyre refugees, deprived of their wealth and belongings and the ability to pay college tuition even for a school where youve managed to qualify as an in-state student
admin | August 6, 2022
The funny thing about diversity is that sometimes it makes things worse. A new study from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU illustrates my point. Patterns in the Introduction and Passage of Restrictive Voting Bills Are Best Explained by Race, published this week, studies the dynamics behind the recent spate of laws designed to make it harder for people of color to vote.
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