simmons | July 17, 2017
Women from the Jewish community of Carpentras chatting while preparing for Shabbat at the towns synagogue, July 7, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz ) CARPENTRAS, France (JTA) The synagogue in this Provence town is Western Europes oldest functioning Jewish house of worship and one of theprettiest on the continent. The Synagogue of Carpentras, which this year is celebrating its 650th anniversary,has a Baroque-style interior and a gold-ornamented hall with a blue domed ceiling
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simmons | July 16, 2017
CARPENTRAS, France (JTA) The synagogue in this Provence town is Europes oldest functioning Jewish house of worship and one of theprettiest on the continent. The Synagogue of Carpentras, which this year is celebrating its 650th anniversary,has a Baroque-style interior and a gold-ornamented hall with a blue domed ceiling. The rabbis pulpit is, unusually, on a balcony that overlooks the pews and the Torah ark the work of thenon-Jews who built the synagogue in a Christian style in the16th century atop its earlier structure, which was first established in 1367
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simmons | July 15, 2017
Review: 'The Women's Balcony,' a film by Emil Ben-Shimon 3.5Overall Score Using Orthodox Judaism as a jumping off point for a larger conversation about broader societal issues, Emil Ben-Shimons dramedy The Womens Balcony takes on a specific religious and cultural viewpoint to spin a politically loaded, deceptively secular yarn.
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simmons | July 15, 2017
Throughout my years in Jewish outreach I have heard the phrase Dont judge Judaism by the Jews utilized numerous times in response to bad behavior exhibited by religious Jews. I have even employed the expression myself once in awhile.
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simmons | July 14, 2017
Jewish Chronicle Synagogue membership? There are reasons to be hopeful Jewish Chronicle Following last week's JPR report, it is important to spell out what this data means for the United Synagogue . Although the study did not supply specific data for the US, we recognise that as by far the largest synagogue movement of any denomination, we ..
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simmons | July 13, 2017
Women from the Jewish community of Carpentras chatting while preparing for Shabbat at the towns synagogue, July 7, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz ) CARPENTRAS, France (JTA) The synagogue in this Provence town is Europes oldest functioning Jewish house of worship and one of theprettiest on the continent.
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richards | July 13, 2017
The men gather for prayers, but are short the 10 needed to complete a minyan, or quorum. They ask passing strangers to join them, and one young man not only says yes, but brings along students from his yeshiva.
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admin | July 13, 2017
The membership committee of Cape Cod Synagogue invites Jewish individuals and families to attend an open house on Sunday, July 23, beginning at 3 PM.The synagogue is at 145 Winter Street in Hyannis. Come explore the synagogues building and grounds from the Jerusalem stone in the synagogues sanctuary to its social hall and full service kitchen to the religious school wing. During the open house, the membership committee will be able to answer questions and talk about multiple membership possibilities; the congregations numerous programs and groups and committees; the calendar of yearlong activities; religious programming and services; and the religious and Hebrew school
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admin | July 13, 2017
Update 7/12/17: The article was updated to clarify the resolution the commissionersvoted on yesterday afternoon. On TuesdaytheLandmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) debated how topreserve a Manhattansynagogue guttedby fire earlier this year. Instead of approvingthe owners request to demolish the building entirely, the commission agreed that important parts of the structure should be salvaged, where possible.
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simmons | July 12, 2017
The Beth Hamedrash Hagodol synagogue was largely destroyed in a massive fire.
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