admin | April 20, 2024
It cant be often that a father and son are ordained as a rabbi on the same day, and it may well neverhavehappened before in British Jewry. But on Sunday, Rabbi Yosef Gabai and his son Michael formally entered the rabbinic fold at a ceremony at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in Lauderdale Road, west London
admin | April 11, 2024
Thirteen members of a Hasidic Jewish community were arraigned on Wednesday on charges stemming from a January incident in which a wall inside a famous Brooklyn synagogue was damaged by young men wielding a hammer and crowbar setting off a melee that was captured on video. The 13 people, all young men, pleaded not guilty in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn to charges that ranged from criminal mischief to obstructing governmental administration. Another four defendants were absent because they were in Israel, according to their lawyer, Levi Huebner.
admin | April 11, 2024
(JTA) Jews and non-Jews in Germany are rallying to the side of the Jewish community in Oldenburg after an attempted arson attack on its synagogue on Friday. Hundreds of local residents held a solidarity demonstration on Sunday for the Jewish community
admin | April 11, 2024
Muswell Hill Synagogue has welcomed the family of their adopted hostage, Michel Nisenbaum. The 59-year-old Brazilian-born Israeli, who was taken captive by Hamas terrorists,was adopted by the shul in February as part of the adopt-a-hostagescheme launched by the Board of Deputies. The community has been sayingprayers for the missing grandfather ever since.
admin | April 11, 2024
Congregations of Shaare Shamayim members voted 152-19 on Sunday to proceed with a sale of the synagogue, 9768 Verree Road in Bustleton.
admin | March 30, 2024
By Rabbi Alicia Magal The Shabbaton, expanded weekend of services and programs) begins with Erev Shabbat services on Friday evening, April 5 beginning at 5:30 pm in person and on Zoom led by Rabbi David Zaslow and Rabbi Alicia Magal. With song, story, and prayers, the rabbis will evoke a sense of Sabbath calm and peace. Rabbi Magal will chant from this weeks Torah portion Shemini (Leviticus 9:1 11:47) telling of Nadav and Avihu, the two elder sons of Aaron who died after bringing a strange fire to the Tabernacle
admin | March 21, 2024
A crash left a car in a very tight space Friday in Brookline, Massachusetts. The vehicle ended up on its side and wedged in an alley next to Temple Beth Zion, a synagogue on Beacon Street.
admin | March 21, 2024
(March 19, 2024 / JNS) Questions surround the destruction of the Chevra Anshei Lubawitz synagogue in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. On Sunday, after years of legal challenges, demolition began on the synagogue that was built in 1907. The heavens are trembling, said Yaacov Behrman, president of the Jewish Future Alliance, according to ABC7 New York.
admin | March 21, 2024
By Paul E. Brody, MD The 13th of Adar, erev Purim, marks the 20th yahrzeit of our dear Rabbi Dr.
admin | March 21, 2024
Boustan, the historian of Judaism, agrees, adding that the theme of Gods deliverance through human warriors in the face of foreign domination is something that comes across very strongly.
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