Fearing deportation, Araceli Velasquez finds reprieve in a Denver … – The Denver Post
admin | August 20, 2017
Araceli Velasquez had an appointment with immigration officers, as shed had many times in the past. But this time, she didnt show up
Synagogue Beth Judah Symbol of Changing Times – Cape May County Herald
richards | August 19, 2017
WILDWOOD As the only active synagogue in Cape May County, Congregation Beth Judah in Wildwood, knows what it takes to not only survive changing trends in worship but to thrive. As President Karen Burke explained, We are really focusing on our connection to the community
Alameda synagogue vandalized by rock-thrower – SFGate
richards | August 18, 2017
Photo: Courtesy Of Mel Waldorf A window of Temple Israel of Alameda was boarded up after a vandal threw rocks at it Wednesday night. A window of Temple Israel of Alameda was boarded up after a vandal threw rocks at it Wednesday night.
Charlottesville says it provided protection to synagogue, refuting initial account – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
simmons | August 18, 2017
Police blocking off the street after a car rammed into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (JTA) Local officials said police provided protection to a synagogue during a far-right rally last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia refuting a claim by a Jewish community leader that they had refused to do so
Discovery in Lithuania: archeologists find ruins of Great Synagogue … – The Jerusalem Post
admin | August 18, 2017
Volunteers, students and archaeologists excavate two recently uncovered mikves once belonging to the Great Synagogue of Vilna.. (photo credit:DR. JOHNATHAN SELIGMAN) In 2015, a radar survey discovered ruins near a school in Vilnius, Lithuania
Holocaust discovery: Ritual baths uncovered in synagogue complex destroyed by Nazis – Fox News
simmons | August 17, 2017
Archaeologists have uncovered two ritual baths in the remains of the Great Synagogue of Vilna (Vilnius), in Lithuania, more than 70 years after its destruction during the Holocaust. A team of experts from Israel, the U.S. and Lithuania uncovered the baths in the Lithuanian capital last month, the latest discovery at the historic site.
Bail set at $50000 for suspect who urinated on Northeast Philly synagogue’s front door – Philly.com
simmons | August 17, 2017
The man suspected of urinating on the front door of a Northeast Philadelphia synagogue and giving the finger to a security camera recording the act was arraigned on a host of charges Wednesday, includingethnic intimidation and indecent exposure. Police said bail forSheidali Dzhalilovwas set at $50,000, but it was unclear Wednesday night whether he was still in custody.
Great Synagogue of Vilna’s Jewish Ritual Baths, Destroyed in Holocaust, Found by Archaeologists – Haaretz
simmons | August 17, 2017
The Nazis burned and looted the synagogue but it was the Russians who knocked it down as they set out to eradicate Jewish memories in Lithuania after WWII. An international team of archaeologists has unearthed the remains of ritual baths at the Great Synagogue in Vilna, which had been burned and ransacked by the Nazis during the Holocaust, and was finally pulled down once and for all by the Russians in 1965 as they set out to eradicate all memory of the Jews in Lithuania. How long Jews lived in Lithuania is hard to know.
Charlottesville Cops Refused to Protect Synagogue – Yahoo News
simmons | August 17, 2017
The Jewish community in Charlottesvillehired armed security to protectits synagogue for the first timeafterlocal police declined to provide a guard for the site despite hundreds of white supremacists congregating on the town over the weekend fora rally that resulted in the murder of counter-protester Heather Heyer. Alan Zimmerman, president of the Congregation Beth Israel in the Virginia town, wrote a blog postpublished on Monday evening following the violent scenes on Saturday that resulted in a car-ramming attackthat took place just 200 feet from the place of worship. He described the fearhe felt in the presence of white supremacists, who rallied aroundanti-Semitic slogans, as 40 members of the community prayed in the synagogue, withoutsupport from the local authorities
Court Rules on Touro Synagogue Ownership – Newport This Week
richards | August 17, 2017
By Brooke Constance White An appellate court in Massachusetts recently overturned a U.S. District Court ruling about who ultimately owns the oldest synagogue in America. The U.S
