City Approves Partial Demolition of Historic Synagogue on Lower East Side – DNAinfo
simmons | July 12, 2017
The Beth Hamedrash Hagodol synagogue was largely destroyed in a massive fire.
Egypt Allocates $2.2 Million to Restore Historic Alexandria Synagogue – Algemeiner
admin | July 12, 2017
Email a copy of "Egypt Allocates $2.2 Million to Restore Historic Alexandria Synagogue" to a friend The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt. Photo: Wikimedia Commons JNS.org The Egyptian government has reportedly approved a budget of $2.2 million for the restoration of the centuries-old Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria. The Project Sector of Egypts Ministry of Antiquities last week sanctioned the funding for the restoration and development of the historic synagogue, which was recently closed for several months after its ceiling collapsed, the Egypt Independent reported
Head of US Conservative synagogue network warns of ‘distancing’ between Israeli, Diaspora Jews – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | July 12, 2017
JERUSALEM (JTA) Israeli and Diaspora Jewry are in a very precarious place, the head of the Conservative movements synagogue organization in the United States, Rabbi Steven Wernick, warned members of Israels Knesset. Wernick, CEO of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, spoke Tuesday in front of the Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, which was meeting in a special session devoted to Israels image abroad
179-year-old NYC Conservative synagogue to go condo – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | July 12, 2017
Congregation Shaare Zedek in New York City (Jim Henderson/Wikimedia Commons) (JTA) A historic 179-year-old Conservative synagogue in New Yorks Upper West Side is moving forward with plans to house a 14-story apartment building. The proposed project for the Shaare Zedek synagogue includes 20 condominiums, with a community center for the synagogue in the buildings first three floors, The Real Deal, a website focusing on New York real estate news, reported last week.
Synagogue Ravaged By Fire Is Beyond Repair, Architects Say – Patch – Patch.com
richards | July 12, 2017
Patch.com Synagogue Ravaged By Fire Is Beyond Repair, Architects Say - Patch Patch.com Lower East Side-Chinatown, NY - The Beth Hamedrash Hagadol synagogue, largely destroyed by a fire in May, is beyond repair, according to an architectural ... and more »
Belated Bar Mitzvahs for Five College Students in Vienna – Chabad.org
richards | July 12, 2017
Joined by their families from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Ukraineand their friends and fraternity brothers from around the worldfive young men from the Lauder Business School in Vienna were called to the Torah and celebrated their bar mitzvahs last month for the first time. The young men studied over a seven-week period with Rabbi Boruch Sabbach, co-director of the Jewish Heritage Center on the schools campus with his wife, Chaya Mushka.
This 2016 Donald Trump Jr. interview about Russia is now downright cringeworthy – Washington Post
richards | July 12, 2017
The New York Times dropped another bombshell.
Anti-Soros Campaign In Hungary Dogging Bibi’s Trip – Jewish Week
richards | July 12, 2017
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being called upon to cancel next Tuesdays visit to Hungary unless Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban apologizes for praising a Hitler ally and implementing a billboard campaign widely seen as anti-Semitic. The billboards show Hungarian-American Jewish billionaire George Soros laughing, alongside the words: Lets not leave Soros the last laugh
Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi: Split with Diaspora ‘fake news’ – The Jerusalem Post
richards | July 12, 2017
David Lau. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) Chief Rabbi David Lau described reports of a split with Diaspora Jewry over the cancelled Western Wall agreement and controversial conversion legislation as fake news at an economics and business conference of the Hamodia haredi newspaper
Before and After SVA: Liron Ashkenazi on Working with Clients Like Beyonc and More – SVA Features
simmons | July 12, 2017
As a part of our series exploring what recent graduates are up to, we caught up with Liron Ashkenazi (BFA 2016 Design), who talked the valuable lessons her teachers taught her in college, having endless job opportunities after graduating from SVA, working with clients like Beyonc and more. What have you been up to since graduation?
