admin | April 20, 2024
Fred Neulander, the former senior rabbi of a Cherry Hill synagogue who promised to pay $30,000 for two hitmen to kill his wife so he could pursue an affair with a local radio personality, has died. Neulander was found nonresponsive by correctional police officers Wednesday in an infirmary unit where hed been housed in New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, according to a statement released Friday afternoon by the New Jersey Department of Corrections. Staff immediately administered CPR and applied an automated external defibrillator, then transported Neulander by Trenton EMS to Capital Health Regional Medical Center
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admin | April 20, 2024
Neulander, 82, was observed unresponsive by correctional officers inside a prison infirmary unit on Wednesday, April 17, according to NBCPhiladelphia.com and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Prison officials have not released a cause of death, however, he was listed as "deceased" on the state's Department of Corrections website. Neulander the founding rabbi of Congregation Mkor Shalom of Cherry Hill, a Reform Jewish synagogue had been serving a life sentence since his 2002 conviction.
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admin | April 20, 2024
My grandmothers kitchen was on the Upper East Side, but it tasted of Iraq. As Ama brushed butter onto sheets of phyllo dough, shed share stories of her girlhood in Baghdad.
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admin | April 20, 2024
Susan Andrea Loether, a Hebrew teacher who tutored hundreds of Pittsburgh-area teens for their bnei mitzvah during a 40-year career, passed away March 21 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 67. What we all saw, what everyone saw, what was impossible not to see, was how much Susan Loether loved life, said Rodef Shalom Rabbi Sharyn Henry, who met Loether after moving to Pittsburgh in 1991
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admin | April 11, 2024
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa (WHP) UPDATE | The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley area is now confirming specific areas that were also targeted with bomb threats related to the Harrisburg incident. A release was sent out by members of the organization, stating that a threatening hoax email was sent to the Allentown Jewish Federation's inbox, along with branches in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh
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admin | April 11, 2024
The sanctuary inside KI that Shaare Shamayim might now use. (Photo by Jarrad Saffren) In 1966, Congregation Shaare Shamayim of South Philadelphia merged with the Greater Northeast Jewish Congregation. The unified community later changed its name to Congregation Shaare Shamayim GNJC
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admin | March 21, 2024
Shir Ami Reform Synagogue of Newtown collected 31,174 pounds of food for eight local hunger relief agencies during 2023. Not only does this collection help people experiencing food insecurity, it also supports the synagogues Code Blue initiative, where the congregation housed homeless persons overnight during extremely cold nights in the month of December. Marc Luber, Shir Ami board member and food insecurity chairperson, expressed his gratitude to the congregation and the community stating, Our local community came through in a big way with food donations over the past year
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admin | March 1, 2024
YentaCon's first-ever convention held in Philadelphia for matchmakers and Jewish singles CBS Philly
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admin | February 15, 2024
15 members of synagogue in Cherry Hill head to Israel for mission to help those impacted by attacks FOX 29 Philadelphia
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admin | January 21, 2024
Holocaust memorial in Center City vandalized for the second time NBC 10 Philadelphia
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