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Houses of worship take different paths toward reopening – Wicked Local Canton

| July 31, 2020

Houses of worship are continuing to evolve in their offerings for worship services and programming since Phase 2 of Gov. Charlie Bakers reopening plan that allows them to open their doors

Jews and Aspen: Thoughts on Tisha B’Av Detroit Jewish News – The Jewish News

| July 31, 2020

My first Tisha BAv memory took place at Camp Ramah, just outside Santa Barbara, California during the summer after third grade. I was a precocious seven-year-old in edah aleph (group one, the youngest class of campers). Our edah worked together to fashion a beautiful outdoor beit knesset (synagogue) beneath a sprawling oak tree with custom painted benches and our artwork hanging from the aron hakodesh (holy ark for the Torah).

In Western Europe, a Jewish ‘Community’ is an organization. They operate like expensive members-only clubs. – St. Louis Jewish Light

| July 31, 2020

AMSTERDAM (JTA) In the United States, when Jews say they identify as part of the Jewish community, they are saying they belong to a broad cultural and religious framework. They could be referring to the community of Jews in their city, their state, the country at large or the world and it doesnt necessarily mean that they belong to a synagogue. In Western Europe, that applies in some situations.

‘History will judge us’ Have progressive UK rabbis reached end of the road on Israel? – Mondoweiss

| July 31, 2020

Progressive rabbis in the UK havewritten to the Israeli embassy in Londonto express their concern over the Israeli governments plans to annex parts of the West Bank. The letter has been sent fromBritish Friends of Rabbis for Human Rights, an organisation which supports the work of Rabbis for Human Rights working in Israel and the West Bank. It draws its members from both Progressive (Reform and Liberal) as well as Masorti and Orthodox rabbis.

Survivors Urge Facebook to Remove Holocaust Denial Posts – TIME

| July 31, 2020

(BERLIN) Holocaust survivors around the world are lending their voices to a campaign launched Wednesday targeting Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to take action to remove denial of the Nazi genocide from the social media site. Coordinated by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the #NoDenyingIt campaign uses Facebook itself to make the survivors entreaties to Zuckerberg heard, posting one video per day urging him to remove Holocaust-denying groups, pages and posts as hate speech. Videos will also be posted on Facebook-owned Instagram, as well as Twitter


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