richards | August 11, 2017
Touro Synagogue, nestled in historic Newport, Rhode Island. (John Nordell/ Christian Science Monitor/Getty) NEW YORK The story of Americas oldest synagogue, as told by retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, is the story of American Jewish history
admin | August 11, 2017
NEW YORK (NEWSPLEX) -- A national organization says it has been monitoring the rhetoric ahead of Saturday's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. According to a release from the Anti-Defamation League, there are heightened concerns about the potential for physical confrontation and violence at the event. The ADL says the rally could be the largest white supremacy gathering in a decade
admin | August 11, 2017
Ali Abunimah Activism and BDS Beat 11 August 2017 The Anti-Defamation League, a major Israel lobby group, has given its backing to the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, a bill that could impose large fines and long prison sentences on those who boycott Israel.
richards | August 10, 2017
Gambler Billy Walters was sentenced to five years in jail last month for an insider trading scam that involved Dean Foods. He will go to jail for five years.
simmons | August 10, 2017
It is the well-known Indiana Jones story of Jewish scholarship: Solomon Schechter, raider of the lost geniza.
admin | August 10, 2017
An architects rendering shows the synagogue building that a Chabad affiliate, Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe, hopes to build near a popular beach in Sydney, Australia. (Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe) SYDNEY (JTA) A Chabad congregation whose bid for a new synagogue building was blocked out of fears that it would become a target for terrorism will resubmit plans to the local municipality
richards | August 10, 2017
Thursday, August 10, 2017 1:09 p.m. EDT By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan Jewish congregation known as the oldest in the United States must face a lawsuit claiming it illegally fired a employee after learning she was 19 weeks pregnant when she married, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. The 2nd U.S.
simmons | August 10, 2017
We are all used to reciting this prayer (Psalm 30) around the time of Baruch Sheamar. The recital of Baruch Sheamar in daily Shacharit is a long-established practice. But when did Psalm 30 enter the daily Shacharit?
richards | August 10, 2017
A view inside the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. (Wikimedia Commons) (JTA) The congregation that worships in Americas oldest synagogue building will ask for a rehearing of the case that gave control of its pricey artifacts to the buildings historic trustees.
richards | August 10, 2017
By Ben Sales, JTA The story of Americas oldest synagogue, as told by retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, is the story of American Jewish history. Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, Souter wrote, was built in the 1700s by Sephardic merchants whose community then declined
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