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President-elect Isaac Herzog will vacate the lucrative post of chairman of the Jewish Agency when he replaces Reuven Rivlin on July 9.A 10-member selection committee will soon be chosen by the Agencys Board of Governors. The support of nine of the 10 members would be needed for approval of a new chairman, followed by the confirmation of the full board.The selection committee will be led by World Zionist Organization chairman Yaakov Hagoel and will include four more WZO members, among them representatives of the Reform and Conservative movements. There would also be two representatives of Keren Hayesod and three from the Jewish Federations of North America, including Board of Governors chairman Michael Siegal.Siegal will be coming to Israel later this month to oversee the process.We at the Jewish Agency are all very proud and excited to witness our chairman of the executive being elected President of the State of Israel, Siegal said
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admin | June 3, 2021
Jason and Charlie Nuttall-Fiske, proprietors of Bubby's Jewish Soul Food, will bring a taste of Jewish fare to the Alamo City this fall via recipes from their family archives. Naturally, that will include some from their very own bubbies, or grandmothers.
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admin | June 3, 2021
After an unknown gunman shot at a synagogue in central Ukraine in early May, the leaders of the local Jewish community kept the incident under wraps for nearly a month in an attempt to avoid a panic.
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admin | June 3, 2021
A recent Kabbalat Shabbat service hosted by Makom Community | Photo by Beverly Socher-Lerner Theyre coming in for confirmation and Kabbalat Shabbat.
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admin | June 3, 2021
An architectural and religious landmark is up for sale in Cleveland Heights, where the 28-acre Park Synagogue property quietly hit the market this month. Tucked onto a wooded site between Mayfield Road and Euclid Heights Boulevard, the domed synagogue was designed by noted German architect Erich Mendelsohn. The distinctive building was dedicated in 1950 and served as the congregation's main home until 2005.
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admin | June 3, 2021
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio Park Synagogue, a prominent Northeast Ohio Conservative Jewish congregation, is offering for sale its architecturally significant main synagogue, designed in 1947-50 by architect Eric Mendelsohn. A listing on the website of the real estate firm, Allegro Realty, describes the building as one of several structures on a large, park-like, 28.25-acre commercial parcel at 3300 Mayfield Road.
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admin | June 3, 2021
IT IS USUALLY bad news when multiple religions claim the same place of worship. It can lead to conflict, as illustrated by the recent violence at Jerusalems holiest site
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admin | June 3, 2021
(JTA) Rabbi Adar, is it dangerous to wear my Jewish star? In 12 years of teaching Introduction to the Jewish Experience through HaMaqom|The Place in the San Francisco Bay Area, no student ever asked me that question in those words. This year three students have asked it of me.
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When the Conservative movement censured an upstate New York rabbi in 2019 for a problematic relationship with a woman who had received his rabbinic guidance and attended services, there was no public written record of the offense or the punishment. There was no announcement to the congregation, Temple Beth-El in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., indicating any problem with its senior rabbi, Daniel Victor, according to three current and former members of the synagogue and a former member of the board. The movements Rabbinical Assembly required that Victor have a rabbinic mentor and therapist for two years, these members said.
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admin | June 3, 2021
ONLY days after a ceasefire was announced in the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas, the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD), in partnership with the Zionist Federation of Australia, the Zionist Council of NSW and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) proudly held a rally in peace and solidarity with Israel.
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