admin | April 18, 2020
REHOVOT, Israel (JTA) To help my kehillahsurvive the coronavirus pandemic, I had to do something dramatic and counterintuitive: step away from being its official rabbi. Our faith communities need spiritual leaders in these trying times more than ever
admin | April 18, 2020
A view of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org A 13-year-old boy in Estonia was a key figure in an international neo-Nazi group that has been linked to plots to attack a Las Vegas synagogue and detonate a car bomb at a major US news network, the Associated Pressreported
admin | April 18, 2020
(JTA) I wasnt expecting HBOs The Plot Against America, David Simons miniseries adaptation of the Philip Roth novel, to scar me the way it has. I work with news about the rise of anti-Semitism and hate crimes around the world on a daily basis
admin | April 18, 2020
Few tourists these days visit the small town of Boskovice. It isnt usually part of a tourists itinerary.
admin | April 18, 2020
A man and woman have been arrested for setting small fires outside a Montgomery County church.
admin | April 18, 2020
On Thursday, March 13, my synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City, announced it would not be holding services on Shabbat.
admin | April 18, 2020
Although the Holocaust was all too real, the local commemoration of it will be virtual this year. The Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge, Congregation Bnai Israel, Beth Shalom Synagogue and Temple Shalom will join the Los Angeles global event organized through the Museum of the Holocaust at 4 p.m. Sunday on the Zoom internet meeting site.
admin | April 18, 2020
It could be said that Jews and Christians make an unusual mix when it comes to their traditions of worship. But when the coronavirus crisis got in the way of people filling churches and synagogues during the recent holy season, the two religions found common ground in Andover. In a display of religious cooperation, the Temple Emanuel Jewish synagogue lent its space and streaming equipment to membersof Andover Baptist Church to broadcasttheir Easter services remotely
admin | April 18, 2020
Thousands of New Yorkers aren't attending services at their respective houses of worship right nowwhen they may need to the most. Thankfully, churches, synagogues and other holy places are live-streaming their sermons, homilies and practices of faith so their congregations can still worship. To help you tune in, here arethe weekly streams from someof the city's biggest houses of worship: Each Sunday's mass is live at 10:15am atsaintpatrickscathedral.org/live.
admin | April 18, 2020
I set up a green screen to make it look like I was in the synagogue: How this Toronto rabbi hosted a Seder over Zoom In the Jewish tradition, a Passover Seder is a time to get together with the key people in our lives. No matter how observant you are, or how disconnected you may feel from Jewish culture, this is the night when we all come together under one roof to celebrate our Jewish identity by singing songs, reciting prayers, eating symbolic foods and collectively remembering the story of the ancient Israelites exodus from Egypt
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