admin | April 26, 2020
BERLIN (JTA) This capital city hasnt been locked down to the same extent as cities in France or Italy, or even different regions of Germany, like Bavaria. But the same harsh general restrictions on daily life apply
admin | April 26, 2020
On the last day of Passover in 2019, a gunman entered the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, and opened fire. The April 27 attack claimed the life of a woman and left three others injured including the rabbi.
admin | April 26, 2020
Many of us are shocked when we read news stories about some Haredim not following social distancing policies to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. (Haredim is often mistranslated as Ultra-Orthodox, which many Haredim consider a pejorative. The better translation is those who tremble before God.) We see these individuals endangering themselves, their typically-large families, their communities and countless others, and we ask why
admin | April 24, 2020
When the coronavirus starts to recede, Jewish life across the United States will look a lot like it already does in Fargo. Only 150 Jews live in the biggest city in North Dakota, but its one of the few places in the country where the governor hasnt ordered people to stay home, or put attendance caps on houses of worship
admin | April 24, 2020
The road to reopening for houses of worship has been paved in a handful of states, even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to kill more than 1,500 Americans a day. But synagogues in the Republican-led states that are relaxing some restrictions including Georgia, Texas and South Carolina appear unlikely to take advantage of their governors permission to open anytime soon. We are very sensitive to the fact that people are being economically impacted by the closures, but were more concerned about the possible loss of life if theres a second wave so soon, said Rabbi Joshua Heller of Congregation Bnai Torah in Sandy Springs, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.
admin | April 24, 2020
(JTA) Midway through Lila Dukes bat mitzvah ceremony, her familys cat made an appearance. Minnies interruption was one of many ways that Lilas coming-of-age ceremony was different from what she had expected
admin | April 24, 2020
People all over our city and the world are struggling with the notion of worship from home. Connectivity issues, appropriate equipment to view or hear and user challenges pale in comparison to the uncomfortable feeling that the inside of our homes are not the inside of the church.
admin | April 24, 2020
(JTA) Yom Kippur had just ended and the members of his synagogue were preparing to go home to eat after a long day of fasting when Alex Klein walked up to the Holy Ark, placed his hand on it, and began speaking directly to God. He stood that way for the better part of an hour. It was descriptive of his belief that you speak to God and God listens, his daughter, Devora Klein-Freeman, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | April 24, 2020
Courtesy of JewishLIVE Joseph Schwartz, host of The Idra Hour, a new podcast from JewishLIVE, compares cocktails with guest Jeffrey Israel. For some of us, the hardest part about quarantine is missing out on gabfests with friends at synagogue IRL, not online.
admin | April 22, 2020
Historians tend to view Kristallnacht as the opening shot in the grand Nazi scheme to exterminate the Jews. During the anti-Semitic pogroms that erupted on November 9, 1938 the first act of organized violence carried out by the Nazis against the Jews as many as half of Germanys synagogues were destroyed To its great fortune, the synagogue of Lbeck was spared.
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