admin | April 2, 2022
Ukraines Jewish community has angrily refuted Russian claims that a synagogue in the historic city of Uman site of the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, the revered founder of the Breslover Hasidim is being used as a weapons storage and transportation site by Ukrainian armed forces.
admin | April 2, 2022
In the wake of the recent wave of deadly terror attacks in Israel, The World Organization of Orthodox Communities and Synagogues on Wednesday called for congregations to take precautions against possible attack. Among its recommendations: Worshippers should arrive at services armed, and a cellular phone should be left on in the building during Shabbat services. In guidelines issued on Wednesday, the organization called on the gabbais; or beadles, who assist in running the synagogue, community leaders and worshippers to remain vigilant, and for those licensed to do so to carry weapons with them, including on Shabbat
admin | April 2, 2022
Opioid victims face Sacklers in hearing A hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court has given survivors of opioid addiction and people who lost loved ones to the crisis the chance to confront members of the family behind OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. (March 10) AP CINNAMINSON - When the pandemichit, millions of people were in isolation working from home, going to school from home, and worshipping from home.
admin | April 2, 2022
Congregation Brith Shalom will host a Shabbat on Saturday, April 2, at 9:30 a.m., honoring its Mens Club and featuring the Mens Club Man of the Year celebration. This years Mens Club Man of the Year is Morris Narunsky, who was born in a southern Polish concentration camp shortly after it was liberated
admin | April 2, 2022
The Jewish museum sought those objects to include them in its permanent exhibition. As a national museum, it is our job to raise consciousness and raise alarm when these types of violent events are happening to Jews, and to many communities around the country, said curator Josh Perelman. Perelman says the items tell more than just the story of the standoff.The teacup and chair that were involved in the hostage situation at the Texas synagogue in January are now at the Weitzman Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia
admin | April 2, 2022
On March 28, top diplomats from the United States, Egypt, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel gathered in Sde Boker, in the Negev Desert, for the first Israeli-Arab summit of its kind on Israeli soil. Though it did not produce any solutions to the regions most pressing challenges, including issues around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Irans quest for nuclear weapons, it was an important demonstration of the shifting attitudes in parts of the Arab world toward the Jewish state. Just a few years ago, this gathering would have been impossible to imagine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a press conference
admin | April 2, 2022
My mother and I discovered my grandmother Erikas faded birth certificate on a trip to Austria in 2019. It was in an administrative office building adjacent to the Stadttempel synagogue, the only synagogue built before 1938 that was not burned by the Nazis and only because it was too close to the Nazi headquarters in The Hotel Metropol, 150 meters away
admin | April 2, 2022
A Christian radio broadcaster piqued my interest with something he said recently while sharing a list of reasons why we ought to make church attendance a priority. Topping his list was the biblical mandate (Hebrews 10:25) that Christians ought not neglect meeting together for worship, prayer, discipleship, and community (italics mine for emphasis).
admin | April 2, 2022
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker was held hostage inside Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jan. 15, 2022. The rabbi taken hostage in his Texas synagogue in January will be the guest speaker next week at a Ramadan celebration hosted by a nonprofit that aims to strengthen Jewish-Muslim relations
admin | April 2, 2022
A prominent leader of the Jewish community in the United States, Rabbi Marc Schneier, commenting on the developing relations between Turkey and Israel, said that it also marks strong Washington-Ankara ties. Rabbi Schneier, the head of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, is also former schoolmate of Israeli President Isaac Herzog and assisted him on his two-day official visit on March 9 with President Recep Tayyip Erdoan in Turkey.
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