admin | October 20, 2021
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) A few years ago a colleague called to interview me for a book he was writing about journalists who worked for Jewish publications. I told him that it would be the first book in history whose readership would overlap 100% with the people being interviewed.
admin | October 20, 2021
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admin | October 20, 2021
Swedish police are investigating how the words the Holocaust was a scam were projected onto the main synagogue in Malm while that city was holding an international forum on combating antisemitism. The projection was seen on the Synagogue of Malm and on other buildings in cities across southern Sweden on Wednesday night, the day of the Malm International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism. Police are handling the case as a hate crime, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported
admin | October 20, 2021
WASHINGTON (JTA) Rachel Levine made history in March when she assumed the role of assistant secretary for health,becoming the first known transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate. Now Levine, who is Jewish, is the most senior transgender person in the uniformed services, after she was sworn in on Tuesday as the admiral of the U.S
admin | October 20, 2021
Park Synagogue and Cory United Methodist Churchs Building Home: A Conversation on Housing Challenges & Neighborhood Partnerships explored topics of homelessness, home insecurity and poverty in a virtual talk on Oct. 17 featuring the Rev. Derrick Harkins, director of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships at the U.S.
admin | October 20, 2021
Rabbi Jason Weiner, the senior rabbi at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, found himself on the front lines of the COVID-19 surge in Los Angeles in January.
admin | October 18, 2021
As soon as the man accused of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue building in Squirrel Hill was placed in an ambulance the morning of Oct. 27, 2018, a Pittsburgh homicide detective said he read the suspect his Miranda rights. Immediately, the detective testified Wednesday, Robert Bowers invoked his right to remain silent and have an attorney present for questioning
admin | October 18, 2021
A mentally ill man, Anatoly Smolkin, has been repeatedly and aggressively harassing families and staff at San Franciscos Congregation Beth Sholom, according to executive director Vered Cohen. He has shown up about six times over the past six weeks. Every time it got worse, Cohen told J
admin | October 18, 2021
The easing of indoor mask rules along with cooler temperatures and earlier sunsets have spurred some Bay Area synagogues to transition back to indoor prayer services, though Covid-19 safety protocols vary across counties and congregations. San Francisco and Marin counties on Friday began following the looser guidelines, which now allow places of worship with fewer than 100 attendees to go maskless indoors with proof of full vaccination. Still, several synagogues are continuing to require masks.
admin | October 18, 2021
On the Shabbat morning of Oct.
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