admin | April 10, 2020
Over the past two weeks, Temple Kol Ami Rabbi Jeremy Schneider has led Shabbat services in front of an empty room, save for the monitor set up in the front row. The monitor, Schneider said, shows him what his congregation is seeing in real time. It is very challenging to lead to an empty room, he said
admin | March 31, 2020
(JTA) If you glanced at my work calendar, you might not know that the world is turned inside out. As a cantor and rabbi at a Los Angeles synagogue, I am continuing to lead services and counsel congregants. But like so many others, all of my meetings have been commuted to digital platforms.
admin | March 30, 2020
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasiowarned Friday that the city could shut down certain places of worship if people continued to violate the state's stay-at-home mandates and continue congregating for religious servicesthere.
admin | March 30, 2020
Joel Sisenwine knew he wanted to be a rabbi from a young age. He never imagined it would also lead him to a career on the big screen. But that is where he found himself two Fridays ago as he and Cantor Jodi Sufrin led Shabbat services while standing in an empty sanctuary at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley.
admin | March 30, 2020
The doors to religious institutions across New Jersey look like they will stay locked through one of the holiest times of year, as Gov. Phil Murphys stay-at-home order March 21 creates empty synagogues and churches for the first time in the lives of South Jersey rabbis, priests and other clergy.
admin | March 30, 2020
Outside one of the citys hundreds of synagogues, the members were just beginning to arrive for minhah (afternoon prayers) on Shabbat afternoon. Despite the orders of both the government and the Chief Rabbinate, the place was still open
admin | March 30, 2020
Rabbi Mordechai Gurary, a prominent Torah scholar who served as the rabbi of the Chevra Shas synagogue in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., for many decades, passed away on March 28 after being infected with the coronavirus. He was 84 years old.
admin | March 28, 2020
The novel coronavirus has put life on hold for many around the world, but it didnt stop a family in Omaha from reaching a huge milestone Friday. With help from an Omaha synagogue and a few friends, an Iraqi refugee family moved into a west Omaha apartment
admin | March 28, 2020
With only two independent Judaica stores remaining in the Bay Area, synagogue and JCC gift shops are filling a growing need not only for tangible items, but for community, too. Yves Jewelry & Judaica in Berkeley closed earlier this year, citing lackluster sales, leaving Dayenu (located at the JCC of San Francisco) and Afikomen (Berkeley) as the only two remaining independent stores selling ritual and other Jewish objects. Synagogue gift shops have been able to weather challenges like the proliferation of big-box stores and the convenience of internet shopping with the help of institutional support.
admin | March 28, 2020
It was sad but also a relief: This family hosted their sons bar mitzvah over Zoom Batya Grundland, a family doctor, and her husband, Mark Rottmann, a high-school science and engineering teacher, live in Toronto with their children Mattan, 13, Benjamin, 10, and Amitai, five. The family had been planning Mattans bar mitzvah for over two years, and the two-day event was set for last weekend.
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