admin | June 13, 2020
The Jewish Life Television series Bubbies Know Best, where Jewish grandmothers set up singles, paused matchmaking to invite three black grandmothers to discuss how Jews and blacks can build and strengthen their alliances as the floodgates on discussing racism have opened. Joining the normal cast of Bubbies Bunny, Linda and SJ were Granny Angelle (Reverend Doctor Angelle Jones), Granny Beverly (Beverly Daniels) and Granny Dolores (Dolores Petersen)
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admin | June 13, 2020
BEDFORD, N.Y. - Chabad of Bedford will break ground on the $6 million, 12,000-square-foot synagogue on Sunday, June 14, at 220 South Bedford Road
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admin | June 13, 2020
(JTA) When Rabbi Capers Funnye attends a synagogue thats not his own, he must brace himself for the reaction that he knows will follow after he walks through the door.
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admin | June 13, 2020
(RNS) Each Sunday, Larry Little and his wife, Mary, get ready for church. They dress casually, fill two tumblers with water, climb into their golf cart and drive two miles to The Grove, a grassy field next to their church
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admin | June 13, 2020
When Rabbi David Booth heard about George Floyds death at the hands of Minneapolis police, the spiritual leader of Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto called his friend, Pastor Kaloma Smith. I asked for guidance from him, Booth said. He is a wonderful leader and voice.
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admin | June 13, 2020
The COVID pandemic has laid bare our vulnerabilities with regard to so many of lifes essentials. Exposure to the virus aside, our mental health and sense of well-being, the fulfillment of our spiritual needs, our access to the right foods (and at reasonable costs), our mobility, and our ability to interact with friends and family are but a few of the critical challenges we have encountered. And then there is the unusual case of the Organic Farm at Congregation Sons of Israel in Briarcliff Manor, NY.
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admin | June 13, 2020
BERLIN (JTA) Police officials in the German city of Halle say that the Jewish community had not sought additional protection last Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday when a gunman sought unsuccessfully to enter the synagogue. Halle Police Chief Annett Wernicke and several colleagues told a committee of inquiry in the Magdeburg state parliament on Wednesday that the local Jewish community had not made any special request for security on that day. Police have admitted that they were unaware that Oct.
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