A Rare 3rd-Century Synagogue, and Its Even Rarer Mosaic – Mosaic
admin | December 7, 2019
In 2014, archaeologists discovered the ruins of a synagogue from the 3rd century CE in the ancient town of Majdulia.
Virginia Man Convicted of Threatening to Lynch Muslim Senate Candidate – Newsweek
admin | December 7, 2019
A federal court convicted Joseph Cecil Vandevere of threatening to lynch Qasim Rashid, a Muslim man who ran for the Virginia Senate, on Friday. A sentencing date has not yet been set, but Vandevere may go to prison for up to five years and pay a fine of up to $250,000. On July 18, 2018, Vandevere, 53, tweeted Rashid a picture of the 1915 lynching of Leo Frank under the Twitter handle DaDUTCHMAN5, captioned "VIEW YOUR DESTINY".
Pop Up Synagogue NYC is the newest offering of Sim Shalom Online Synagogue – PR Web
admin | December 7, 2019
People are in need of a place to worship that is simple, free and easy to access. We want to create community around New York and offer services that are joyful and meaningful in pop up locations. NEW YORK (PRWEB) December 02, 2019 Pop in to Sim Shalom's new Pop Up Synagogue this upcoming Friday night, December 6th
F1rst Wrestling brings the sport to First Avenue, the Uptown VFW and a St. Paul synagogue – St. Paul Pioneer Press
admin | December 6, 2019
Its Saturday night at the Uptown VFW in Minneapolis and a sold-out crowd has gathered around a wrestling ring. And out struts Los Angeles wrestler Joey Ryan. Clad in tight floral shorts, aviators and a white jacket open to his bare, hairy chest, Ryan takes the ring to Rupert Holmes 1979 hit Escape (The Pina Colada Song), an appropriate song as the lollipop-sucking wrestler looks like he stepped out of that decade.
Ottawa congregation delivers Torah scroll to beleaguered Tanzanian Jewish community – Ottawa Citizen
admin | December 6, 2019
Peres Parpaih couldnt sleep on the night that Rabbi Eytan Kenter and a delegation from an Ottawa synagogue delivered a Torah scroll to Arusha, Tanzania. This is the most valuable and uplifting gift that weve ever been given, Parpaih, the leader of Arushas small, beleaguered Jewish community said in a recent email exchange
Martha’s Vineyard News | Island Clergy Group Responds to Vandalism – The Vineyard Gazette – Martha’s Vineyard News
admin | December 6, 2019
The Marthas Vineyard Island Clergy Group, which represents pastors from Vineyard churches of different denominations, has issued a statement in response to a rash of discriminatory vandalism at Island churches and a Falmouth synagogue earlier this fall. We felt that to remain quiet and not say anything was to legitimize the behavior and acquiesce to it, said the Rev. Stephen Harding, rector of Grace Church in Vineyard Haven, who circulated the statement Tuesday
The Fundamentals of Bringing Your Kids to Shul – Jewish Journal
admin | December 5, 2019
Fifteen years ago, the Journal published a story about cellphone use in synagogue.
Whats Happening: IDF Shabbat of Heroes, Sephardic Papers – Jewish Journal
admin | December 5, 2019
FRI DEC 6 Zamru Friday NightShomrei Torah Synagogue holds Zamru Friday Night, a unique, musically rich kabbalat Shabbat service and dinner.
In the Jewish heart of Pittsburgh, Mister Rogers was actually our neighbor – JTA News
admin | December 5, 2019
This story originally appeared on Kveller. Im sitting in a sold-out first weekend movie premiere of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, delighted by the fact that this movie was filmed in my Pittsburgh neighborhood, Squirrel Hill. Its an upscale, multicultural neighborhood far more diverse today than it used to be that is also the center of the citys Jewish community.
Clergy care or the very essence of a sabbatical – The Jewish Standard
admin | December 5, 2019
Icare. If I didnt care, I wouldnt have been in this line of work for the last 25 years
