On Being Jewish – Tablet Magazine
simmons | July 5, 2017
Its only right that once the People of the Book got around to establishing a modern nation-state, theyd dedicate a week to celebrating books.
Religious Zionist conversion to protect the future for us all – The Jerusalem Post mobile website
admin | July 5, 2017
Jewish worshippers covered in prayer shawls pray @kotel 370. (photo credit:Courtesy Yazel Shavit Communications) Gal Beckerman, in his study of the Soviet Jewry movement of the 1960s, 70s and 80s entitled When They Come for US, Well Be Gone, puts forward the thesis that the Soviet Jewry movement was not only a victory for Jews living behind the Iron Curtain, but also for American Jewry, whose approach toward the issue of Soviet Jews completely trumped the Israeli governments approach.
We’re All Faking Hebrew And That’s Just Fine. – Forward
simmons | July 5, 2017
Harei at mkudeshet li btabaat zo kdat Moshe vYisrael. Harei atah mkudash li btabaat zo kdat Moshe vYisrael. Behold, you are consecrated for me, with this ring, according to the religion/tradition of Moses and Israel.
UK synagogue membership at lowest since ’90 – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
richards | July 5, 2017
(JTA) The United Kingdom has the largest number of synagogues in its history, but membership in those institutions is at its lowest in decades, according to a newly published report. In its report titled Synagogue membership in the United Kingdom in 2016, the Institute for Jewish Policy Research counted 454 Jewish houses of worship with a combined membership of fewer than 80,000 households
Islamist who planned to attack French synagogue jailed – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
richards | July 5, 2017
(JTA) A Muslim man who said he was planning to attack the main synagogue of Marseille was sentenced to two years in prison. A Marseille court sentenced Mohamed Chebab, 33, on Tuesday, a little over a year after he was arrested for praising the Islamic State terrorist group, lExpress news site reported.
Last South Philadelphia Conservative Synagogue Continues to Survive – Jewish Exponent
admin | July 5, 2017
The doors to YPC Shari-Eli with its name outlined in sculptures | Marissa Stern YPC Shari-Eli may not have held a large event since service leader Joe Costins 1999 Bar Mitzvah, but you can still trust that every Saturday, its doors will be open for Shabbat services at 8:30 a.m. The synagogue has been around since 1952, though its predecessor was around long before then, maybe as far back as 1928.
The Secret Shul-Goer No 2: West London Synagogue – The Jewish … – Jewish Chronicle (blog)
simmons | July 5, 2017
Jewish Chronicle (blog) The Secret Shul-Goer No 2: West London Synagogue - The Jewish ... Jewish Chronicle (blog) I almost never made it to West London Synagogue
Over 200 North Americans become Israelis as first aliya flight of the summer arrives – The Jerusalem Post
richards | July 5, 2017
The Bienenfeld family from Plainview, NY getting off the plane in Tel Aviv with Minister of Aliyah and Integration Sofa Landver.. (photo credit:SHAHAR AZRAN COURTESY OF NEFESH BNEFESH) On Monday, 201 olim from 16 US states and three Canadian provinces gathered at JFK Airport to take a flight to the Promised Land. The El Al Boeing 777 was chartered by Nefesh BNefesh, in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund and JNF-USA.
Heroin has infiltrated the Hasidic community – New York Post
richards | July 5, 2017
A 20-year-old Hasidic woman died of a heroin overdose in Brooklyn last month showing how even an ultra-insular religious community isnt immune to the nations opioid epidemic. Malky Kleins mother discovered her daughter slumped over in bed and frothing at the mouth around 7:15 p.m. June 24 in their Borough Park home, according to police.
Int’l delegation visits Israel to raise funds for disabled soldiers – The Jerusalem Post
simmons | July 5, 2017
Delegation members and participants (from left): Dr. Moshe Shemma, col
