admin | December 20, 2019
Rabbi Aaron Weininger is the first openly gay person to be accepted into rabbinical school in the Conservative denomination of Judaism. Photo by Lee Prohofsky Rabbi Aaron Weininger of Adath Jeshurun Congregation shares how he made his way from summer camp days to being the first openly gay person to be admitted to rabbinical school in the Conservative denomination of Judaism.
admin | December 20, 2019
But no change has been as threatening as cremation. In 1980, less than 10 percent of dead bodies in the United States were cremated. Last year that number reached 53 percent, and by 2035, the N.F.D.A
admin | December 20, 2019
THURSDAY12/19 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Winter Semester Registration Now open to the general public.
admin | December 19, 2019
Thursday, December 19 Every third Thursday of the month, Eleventh House takes over the downtown Miami dive bar Mama Tried to help connect locals with the city's thriving community of mystics. The queer astrological party welcomes the curious as well as the committed and gives everyone who checks in a complimentary astro name tag with their astrological sun, moon, and rising signs. Though admission is free, tarot and natal chart readings cost $5 to $25.
admin | December 19, 2019
Sadly, attacks on Jews in the New York City area are an all too common occurrence frequent enough that Mayor Bill de Blasio appears to try to obfuscate and avoid addressing the incidents. Just take the instance of a Jewish woman, Lihi Aharon, assaulted on a New York subway train on Dec
admin | December 19, 2019
New York-area listeners: Enter to win a spot at our first-ever Unorthodox Shabbat dinner, Jan.
admin | December 19, 2019
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Like playing dreidel, the tradition of giving children money (Yiddish: gelt) on Hanukkah is not as old as you think. As Miriam Borden, a Yiddish instructor at Toronto University, wrote last year in the Forward, the tradition is at most several hundred years old.
admin | December 18, 2019
"We thought it was a gang fight," Steinmetz said. Unlike previous times, however, the bursts of gunfire intensified rather than dissipated.
admin | December 18, 2019
A deadly anti-Semitic attack on a Hasidic Jewish grocery store in New Jersey has pushed a tight-knit, deeply religious community into the national spotlight.
admin | December 18, 2019
(JTA) The Song of Names is a heartwarming film about a Jewish violin virtuoso who renounces his faith in the aftermath of the Holocaust, only to rediscover it when he hears a song of remembrance. The violinist, Dovidl Rapaport, is shown in three stages of his life, the last as a Hasid played by Clive Owen. The Golden Globe and Emmy-winning actor and Academy Award nominee said he was more than a little surprised to be offered the role
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