richards | July 21, 2017
HaGaon HaRav David Yosef, a member of Shas Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael, called on Shas Jerusalem councilmen to oppose the planned eviction of the Sephardi Sanhedrin Talmid Torah to make more room for the Seminar HaYoshon as planned.
simmons | July 21, 2017
A scene from Doing Jewish: A Story From Ghana. Photo: Screenshot. Following the loss of itsAmerican colonies in 1783, Great Britain was forced to find alternative locations for its various colonial enterprisesone of which was the mass deportation of convicts to penal colonies in distant geographic locations
simmons | July 21, 2017
Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz, zl As we are about to mark the Shloshim of Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz zl, the founder of ArtScroll, who was born in New York City in 1943 and passed away on June 24, 2017, at age 73, it is appropriate to consider how much ArtScroll has impacted our community and to note some of its history. Imagine a member of the community who wakes up at 5 every morning to learn Daf Yomi from an ArtScroll Gemara.
admin | July 21, 2017
Congregation Kol Tikvah in Parkland will host what is anticipated to be an enlightening and moving Erev Tisha B'Av service on July 31 at 7:30 p.m. Tisha B'Av is an annual holy day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. It has been called "the saddest day in Jewish history" and it also one of general mourning for the numerous catastrophes that have coincidentally befallen Jews on the ninth of Av
admin | July 21, 2017
BUDAPEST (JTA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a visit to a Budapest synagogue praised his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orban, for speaking out against anti-Semitism and standing up for Israel in international forums.
richards | July 21, 2017
Patch.com Beachwood Synagogue Vandalized Patch.com BEACHWOOD, OH Police are investigating vandalism at the Green Road Synagogue . A ball bearing appears to have been shot at an office window at the building, breaking the window.
simmons | July 21, 2017
By Pat PaduaThe Washington Post Set in an Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem, "The Women's Balcony" centers on the literal breakdown of a synagogue. Structural damage to the women's seating section results in a social conflict one that resonates well beyond its specific milieu
admin | July 21, 2017
EDINETS, Moldova In a small town in northern Moldova, a former synagogue is for sale on Holocaust Street. The building, where some 90 Jewish townsfolk were executed during World War II, is being offered for 65,000 euros ($75,000) by a Moldovan owner who said he wasnt aware of its history. The owner did not wish to give his name, and asked that this journalist not take photos inside the crumbling synagogue or in the yard, which he currently rents out for approximately $100 per month to a car junkyard.
admin | July 21, 2017
It's been a long, hot summer so far. But don't let the dog days get you down-there's a chance to cool off
richards | July 21, 2017
-Essay- Watching the music video for SpongeBOZZs latest single Yellow Bar Mitzvah, it is not immediately clear what is really going on. The first 15 seconds are a hodgepodge of menacing images and deafening noise
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