New home planned for Kesher Israel, as congregation purchases former Riverside Methodist church – The Burg News
admin | February 28, 2020
Rabbi Elisha Friedman stands in front of the future home of Kesher Israel Congregation in Riverside.
My Turn: Growing up Jewish in Claremont and words for our time – Concord Monitor
admin | February 28, 2020
Every day seems to bring a new report of anti-Semitism not just in other countries but in the United States as well. And for good reason.
This Italian Jewish kid was supposed to have a 600-person bar mitzvah party. Then coronavirus hit. – JTA News
admin | February 28, 2020
(JTA) Ruben Golran had studied for a year and a half in anticipation of this week, when 600 of his relatives and friends were supposed to converge on Milan to celebrate his bar mitzvah.
Legislation would combat ‘virus of hate’ | Top Stories – NNY360
admin | February 28, 2020
NEW YORK Days after bomb threats targeted 18 Jewish community centers across the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced legislation Thursday to combat hatred and intolerance of minority groups as part of his 2020-21 executive budget.
Domestic extremists killed more than 400 people over the last decade, survey finds – Forward
admin | February 28, 2020
(JTA) Domestic extremists in the United States most them from the far-right killed 435 people in the decade that ended this past December. According to a new study by the Anti-Defamation League, half of those murders were committed to further the killers ideology
A Fascinating Non-Speech and Picture: Rabbi Hollander Comes to the Rescue – Yated.com
admin | February 28, 2020
In recent weeks, the Yated wrote about Rabbi David Hollander, the stalwart spokesman for Orthodox Jewry back in the era when Conservative Judaism had made powerful inroads into corrupting shomrei Torah, while allegedly trying to conserve what the Reform movement had destroyed.
I went to Poland to research my familys history. I found a new generation to tell it to. – Forward
admin | February 28, 2020
The house at No. 3 ul Azsa in the Polish city of Siedlce is mustard-and-peach stucco with a flower-lined balcony and the date 1811 marked under the roof. A nail salon fills the first floor; when my cousins lived there, before the Nazis occupied this city about a two-hour drive from Warsaw, it was their grocery store.
More than 225 People Join NCSY West Coast in Celebrating 50 Years of Inspiring Teenagers at Legacy Gala – Orthodox Union
admin | February 28, 2020
Evening Focused on Saluting the Past, Supporting the Future of Jewish Youth LOS ANGELES More than 225 people attended NCSY West Coasts 50th anniversary celebration on Wednesday evening, February 26 at THE MARK for EVENTS in Los Angeles. The evening centered around Saluting the Past, Supporting the Future and focused on the organizations work over the last five decades inspiring Jewish teens on the West Coast
How do you make 10000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in an hour? With loveand hundreds of volunteers – WATN – Local 24
admin | February 28, 2020
How do you make 10,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in an hour?
‘We will always shpiel together’ – The Jewish Standard
admin | February 28, 2020
You didnt know that Queen Esther chewed gum? Or that her accent was less Shushan than Brooklyn?
