admin | August 11, 2021
European history is nothing if not turbulent. For Jewish communities, that turbulence was more like a tornado season lasting centuries: violent upheaval, death, destruction, expulsion, and less than a century ago, near extinction.
admin | August 11, 2021
The signing of the Abraham Accords was a beacon of hope for the Middle East in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UAEs chief rabbi has said. Yehuda Sarna spoke to The National after creating a special prayer to mark the first anniversary of the historic accords between the UAE and Israel. The prayer has been shared with more than 1,000 synagogues around the world before the first anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords on August 13
admin | August 11, 2021
The synagogue could be used as a dynamic arts space By Jodie Nesling Exciting new proposals have been put forward for Margates only synagogue after it was rescued from auction last year. Community group Cliftonville Cultural Space formed after spearheading a campaign to raise 300,000 to buy the historic shul from previous owners Margate Hebrew Congregation, who placed the building on the market following years of closure. Directors Jan Ryan, Francesca Ter-berg, Lucy Lyons and Kate Gillespie then applied to the Architectural Heritage Fund for a feasibility study and have since appointed London-based architects, Witherford, Watson and Mann
admin | August 11, 2021
As a rabbi, I want to do the right thing for my congregation. But what is the right thing?
admin | August 11, 2021
Earlier this week, the IPCC, or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released a scientific report on the state of climate change. The IPCC are an international body of scientists and politicians, and this report basically confirmed much of what we already knew but significantly, a confirmation based in scientific knowledge. Our planet is continuing to warm, and humans are most responsible for this change
admin | August 11, 2021
When Rabbi Ariel Shoshan and his wife, Ayala, moved to Phoenix from Baltimore in July 2002, he can only recall a handful of kosher restaurants, four daily minyanim and one K-8 school. It is not really possible to put words to the explosive growth of Torah Judaism in the Phoenix area (since), he said.
admin | August 7, 2021
In recent years as Green Road Synagogue was using its original building, the lobby and hallways were crammed with strollers. Not anymore
admin | August 7, 2021
On Friday night and Saturday morning, Aug. 13-14, members of the Metro Detroit Jewish community will come together to celebrate Green Shabbat, sponsored by Hazon Detroit
admin | August 7, 2021
Sofia is the name of the new classy hotel in Tiberias, and theres a story behind it. Owners Raul and Sophie Sarogo plan to make Sofia the first in a chain of Israeli five-star boutique hotels that will bear their Zionist grandmothers name.They had to start off the chain in Tiberias because of their family story.
admin | August 7, 2021
Even as the city of University Heights and the Aleksander Shul have come to an agreement allowing the University Heights Parkway house to be used as a synagogue for Shabbos and High Holy Days, a lawyer representing the synagogue has accused Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan of discriminating against members of the Orthodox community.
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