Murphy to speak at Hamden synagogue's peace and justice service – New Haven Register
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Chabad rabbi banned from Lithuania's main synagogue | Jewish … – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
richards | February 28, 2017
(JTA) In an escalation of the internal feud dividing Lithuanian Jews, the Chabad movements senior emissary to the country was banned from the capital citys main synagogue.
Film 'feastival' features Polish synagogue's rebuilding – The Recorder
richards | February 28, 2017
Its a cooperative building project, like a barn-raising, that gets artists Rick and Laura Brown to bring together more than 300 students and building professionals from 16 countries over 10 years in Sanok, Poland. Together, theyre reconstructing the Gwozdziec Synagogue, with its elaborate roof and painted ceiling one of many 18th-century wooden Jewish houses of worship destroyed or desecrated during the Holocaust. The exhaustive and detailed work logging, hewing, sawing and carving, as well as building and re-creating the synagogues ornate, colorful murals are captured in the film Raise the Roof, to be shown Saturday at 7:30 as part of Temple Israels Embracing Diversity Film Feastival.
Trump Immigration Crackdown Forces Synagogues To Consider Becoming 'Sanctuaries' – Forward
richards | February 28, 2017
Congregation Mishkan Israel, in Hamden, Connecticut, has a well-earned reputation for social activism, sometimes of the controversial kind. A progressive Reform synagogue that is said to be oldest Jewish congregation in the state, Mishkan Israel has hosted figures from Martin Luther King Jr. to a representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Tuesday February 28, 2017 – Israel Hayom
richards | February 28, 2017
Israel Hayom Tuesday February 28, 2017 Israel Hayom The first-ever Prime Minister's Prize for the Study of Sephardic and Oriental Jewry was awarded to three recipients on Monday. The 150,000 shekels ($41,000) in prize money was divided among Levana Zamir, Dr. Moshe Gavra from Bar-Ilan University's ..
Meet the Musmach – Yu News (blog)
richards | February 28, 2017
Rabbi Mosheh Aziz 17R Brings Passion for Sephardic Heritage and Customs to the Community Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary(RIETS) and the Yeshiva University community will celebrate the ordination of more than 130musmachim[ordained rabbis] at itsChag HaSemikhah Convocationon March 19, 2017.
On the Bookshelf – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com
richards | February 28, 2017
Photo Credit: Rabbi Marc Angel Rabbi Marc Angel is the rabbi emeritus of Manhattans Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, founder and director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, and the author and editor of over two dozen works, including, most recently, The Wisdom of Solomon and Us and a commentary on Pirkei Avot. What books are you currently reading
Neighbors riled as insular Hasidic village seeks to expand – Beloit Daily News
richards | February 28, 2017
February 27, 2017 at 4:09 pm | By MICHAEL HILL In this Feb. 16, 2017 photo, elementary school girls get out of school in Kiryas Joel, N.Y. Followers of Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum began coming here from Brooklyn in the 1970s, hoping to create the sort of cohesive community some recalled from Europe, with large families a big part of it.
Why Sephardim And Ashkenazim Clash Over Trump – Jewish Week
richards | February 28, 2017
If the Jewish community is to unite during these troubled times, bridge-building is necessary between the Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities around policy issues and the election of Donald Trump. What I am finding as someone with a foot in each of these communities, is that while a significant majority of my liberal Ashkenazi friends are horrified by the election results, and part of the resistance movement, many of my Sephardi friends and family are equally passionate in celebration of Trumps win, and the implementation of his campaign promises. Many of us Middle Eastern Jews either were born in the Middle East ourselves, as with many Persian Jews, or are perhaps second-or third generation Americans, more common in the Syrian or Iraqi communities
Hundreds gather to support JCC in Cherry Hill after bomb threat – Philly.com
richards | February 28, 2017
They waved signs, chanted, sang, hugged, and cried to make a point outside a Jewish community center in Cherry Hill on Tuesday -- to denounce a wave of anti-Semitism that has struck the nation. About 200 people gathered for a peaceful rally at a busy intersection in front of the Katz Jewish Community Center on Springdale and Kresson Roads. An announcement for the event read, Hate has no home here.
