admin | March 16, 2020
The National Guard has been deployed to New York to enforce a "containment area" around the Young Israel synagogue due to the coronavirus. Wochit NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.Young Israel of New Rochelle had an onlinePurim party because its members couldnt gather at their synagogue this week. The congregants check in on one another.
admin | March 16, 2020
In the week prior to the three cases confirmed in Cuyahoga County, synagogues began releasing precautions to congregants, and advising them to use livestream options if they are feeling ill or are in vulnerable populations. A March 5 emailed letter to members of Park Synagogue opened with the traditional prayer for the body. At this time, we are not aware of any direct impact to the building or the communities within it, read the letter signed by Rabbi Joshua Skoff, president Susan Ratner and Executive Director Stuart Deicher
admin | March 16, 2020
After a meeting that lasted several hours on March 12, at least 14 Five Towns rabbis decided to shut down the Orthodox synagogues.
admin | March 16, 2020
I could quite easily be writing this sitting in quarantine.
admin | March 16, 2020
As a freelance Jewish educator, musician, and consultant,Eliana Lightknows the coronavirus outbreak puts her line of work in a precarious situation. Instead of being hired to perform at synagogues, or getting invited to be an artist in residence at Jewish centers around the country, she will have to adapt as cities enact quarantine and social distancing policies and just like freelance performers and small businesses in other industries, she could lose a lot of her traditional business
admin | March 16, 2020
Q: Please tell us about yourself and how you ended up in Ireland. A: My husband, Rabbi Zalman Shimon Lent, and I first came to Ireland 20 years ago. He is from Manchester, and I am from London
admin | March 12, 2020
Superintendent Laura Feijoo and BOE president Amy Moselhi update the New Rochelle school community on coronavirus. Rockland/Westchester Journal News Young Israel of New Rochelle had an onlinePurim party because they couldnt gather at their synagogue this week. The congregants check in on one another.
admin | March 12, 2020
The $5.45 million that has been donated to Tree of Life*Or LSimcha following the October 2018 shooting that killed 11 worshippersthe deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. historywill be given to survivors, first responders, congregations and families of the victims
admin | March 12, 2020
(JTA) On a typical Friday, some 200 people show up for services at Temple De Hirsch Sinai, a Reform congregation in Seattle. But last week, there was no one in the pews as Rabbi Daniel Weiner welcomed Shabbat in the synagogues smaller sanctuary. Instead, some 1,500 people watched Weiner lead the prayers on their computers
admin | March 12, 2020
An independent committee charged with distributing more than $5 million in donations to the Tree of Life*Or LSimcha Congregation in Pittsburgh has issued its final recommendations and will begin distributing the funds to the victims, families and communities affected by the deadly October 2018 terror attack.
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