admin | July 27, 2022
We are now in the middle of the period called bein hametzarim, known more commonly as the Three Weeks. As a nation, we mourn the destruction of our two Holy Temples during this time. This loss is more poignant now with all the different hardships swirling around our people of late; the numerous people who are seriously ill and dying both in Eretz Yisrael and throughout the globe.
admin | July 27, 2022
Antisemitic incidents have shown a sharp rise in the United States. The Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based Jewish civil rights group that has been tracking cases since 1979, found that there were 2,717 incidents in 2021. This represents an increase of 34% over 2020.
admin | July 27, 2022
In his first Middle East trip as President of the United States, Joe Biden appears to be keen to continue one of former President Trumps most prominent foreign policy priorities: urging normalization between Israel and Arab states. Although the UAE and Bahrain signed the Trump-brokered Abraham Accords at a governmental level in 2020, challenges remain at the grassroots level. In response, states across the GCC have pursued different strategies to mobilize popular sentiment
admin | July 27, 2022
In April, the Solana Beach School District implemented a new plan for how to vet donations of books and other media and officials said it will keep the decision in the hands of local schools and out of politics. But some parents and advocacy organizations are suspicious of the timing
admin | July 25, 2022
It was February 25th, the day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Yevgeny and Anastasia Dubov, a Moscow couple in their early 20s, were in a panic. Recently married, both had just begun wellpaid positions in graphic design. But they had taken leadership roles as student activists in the public demonstrations in support of Alexei Navalny, champion of the opposition in Russia and nemesis of Vladimir Putin
admin | July 25, 2022
Prime Minister Yair Lapid, on Thursday, dispatched his national security advisor Eyal Hulata to Moscow to begin discussions with his Russian counterpart over the recommendation to end Jewish Agency operations in that country. But Lapid intends to tackle the problem from more angles and after consultations held with officials, had decided that a delegation from his office, the ministries of justice, immigration and absorption, and the foreign ministry, will head to Russia early next week.
admin | July 25, 2022
The TAKE with Rick Klein The focus on the Trump and never-Trump binary choice misses the mark when it comes to describing the state of the Republican Party -- both in describing its recent past and predicting its medium-term future. The summer burst of Jan. 6 hearings in the House, coupled with a developing series of speeches by ambitious Republicans -- including what's expected at competing events in Washington this week -- reveal at least three discrete segments of the GOP
admin | July 25, 2022
WATERVILLE Beth Israel Congregation will honor its 120th anniversary on July 31 with a celebration at Enchanted Gables in Oakland. The synagogue plans to launch its Foundation and the Future campaign at the event. Its website describes the synagogue as a place where congregantsactively participate in religious, social and administrative functions
admin | July 25, 2022
ConservativeAgudath B'nai Israel Meister Road at Pole Ave., Lorain Ritual Director Mark Jaffee 440-282-3307 abitemplelorain.com 750 White Pond Dr., Akron Rabbi Jeremy Lipton 330-864-2105 bethelakron.com 27501 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike Senior Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria; Stanley J. Schachter, Rabbi Emeritus; Cantor Alyssa Rosenbaum 216-831-6555 bnaijeshurun.org Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo Congregation 27500 Shaker Blvd, Pepper Pike, OH 44124 Joshua Skoff, Senior Rabbi Sharon Y.
admin | July 25, 2022
Under a canopy of trees along the boundary of Edgewater and Rogers Park is a former synagogue that houses what might be, for some, an unlikely occupant. Housing artwork, books, periodicals, personal letters and photographs, as well as a collection of flogs and whips, the Leather Archives and Museum maintains and preserves materials relating to the history and development of the leather and kink subculture.
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