admin | June 7, 2020
I was reflecting back on my High Holiday sermon that I delivered at Palm Beach Synagogue this past September. I spoke about the upcoming year of 2020, how we must have a 2020 vision of hope and optimism. From the pulpit, I preached about how 2020 will surely bring us renewed clarity
admin | June 7, 2020
Rabbi Denise Eger will share readings and insights from her new book, Mishkan Gaavah: Where Pride Dwells, A Celebration of LGBTQ Jewish Life and Ritual, at an interfaith virtual panel on Queer Spirituality on June 11. The panel discussion will take place at 5 p.m
admin | June 7, 2020
Amedeo Spagnoletto, a rabbi and a sofer a Jewish ritual scribe has been appointed as the new director of the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS), the museum announced on Thursday.Located in the city of Ferrara in Northern Italy, celebrated in the renowned novel The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by local Jewish writer Giorgio Bassani, the museum has been partially operating for a few years, but several of its buildings are still under construction.Spagnoletto was selected by MEIS board from a pool of 17 applicants from Italy and abroad, becoming one of the handful rabbis to lead a museum in the world.When I was told I had been selected I was very surprised. I was not sure how my background would play, he told The Jerusalem Post. However Italy boasts a long and great tradition of rabbis active in other fields as well.
admin | June 6, 2020
Perhaps its because pikuach nefesh, the saving of life, is the ultimate Jewish value overriding all other commandments except the prohibitions against murder, idolatry and sex crimes that few synagogues and temples in the Detroit area are reopening for services. And perhaps its because Orthodox congregations have not, in general, held services using Zoom or other remote access programs certainly not on the Sabbath or holidays when they do not use electricity that they have been the first to restart in-person services. Michigans Orthodox Vaad HaRabonim, or rabbis council, issued a letter May 21 providing guidelines congregations can use to safely start minyanim assemblies of at least 10 for services, noting that specifics should depend on the size and layout of each synagogue and the age and risk factors of members.
admin | June 6, 2020
(JTA) Nearly half the Jewish sites in Syria and a quarter of the sites in Iraq have been destroyed, according to a research project. In Iraq, at least 68 out of 297 Jewish heritage sites have deteriorated to the point that they are beyond repair, the London-based Jewish Cultural Heritage Initiative said in its report, published earlier this week. In Syria, at least 32 out of 71 such sites have crossed the point of no return, the report said.
admin | June 6, 2020
As houses of worship across the country grapple with how to welcome back believers following the coronavirus shutdown, the Chicago-area faithful could be returning for mass at dozens of Catholic churches this Sunday. About 80 parishes have been cleared by Chicagos local arm of the Catholic Church to enter its next reopening phase, which allows for regular masses for larger groups, according to the Archdiocese of Chicago.
admin | June 6, 2020
By Jake HollandMedill Reports Instead of preaching to a live crowd, replete with white-haired parishioners and toddlers wobbling up and down the nave, Pastor Ryan Kapple has found himself facing the empty pews, delivering sermons via livestream to no one in particular.
admin | June 6, 2020
For many on the Left, the term anti-Zionism has become a badge of honor, the real test of whether someone is really on the Left or not. The flag-bearers of the term brand Zionism and the State of Israel as settler-colonialism. In doing so, either through ignorance or intent, they cross the line into anti-Semitism
admin | June 6, 2020
Last month, Felix Klein, Germanys Commissioner for the Fight against Antisemitism, accused the eminent Cameroonian historian and philosopher Achille Mbembe of antisemitism.
admin | June 6, 2020
Read this article in Yiddish Antifa is in the air.
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