admin | July 12, 2017
Email a copy of "Egypt Allocates $2.2 Million to Restore Historic Alexandria Synagogue" to a friend The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt. Photo: Wikimedia Commons JNS.org The Egyptian government has reportedly approved a budget of $2.2 million for the restoration of the centuries-old Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria. The Project Sector of Egypts Ministry of Antiquities last week sanctioned the funding for the restoration and development of the historic synagogue, which was recently closed for several months after its ceiling collapsed, the Egypt Independent reported
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admin | July 12, 2017
JERUSALEM (JTA) Israeli and Diaspora Jewry are in a very precarious place, the head of the Conservative movements synagogue organization in the United States, Rabbi Steven Wernick, warned members of Israels Knesset. Wernick, CEO of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, spoke Tuesday in front of the Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, which was meeting in a special session devoted to Israels image abroad
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admin | July 12, 2017
Congregation Shaare Zedek in New York City (Jim Henderson/Wikimedia Commons) (JTA) A historic 179-year-old Conservative synagogue in New Yorks Upper West Side is moving forward with plans to house a 14-story apartment building. The proposed project for the Shaare Zedek synagogue includes 20 condominiums, with a community center for the synagogue in the buildings first three floors, The Real Deal, a website focusing on New York real estate news, reported last week.
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richards | July 12, 2017
Patch.com Synagogue Ravaged By Fire Is Beyond Repair, Architects Say - Patch Patch.com Lower East Side-Chinatown, NY - The Beth Hamedrash Hagadol synagogue, largely destroyed by a fire in May, is beyond repair, according to an architectural ... and more »
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simmons | July 11, 2017
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt. Posted: Monday, July 10, 2017 10:39 am Egypt allocates $22 million to restore historic Alexandria synagogue JNS.org Jewish News | he Egyptian government has reportedly approved a budget of $22 million for the restoration of the centuries-old Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria
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admin | July 11, 2017
The venerable and prestigious Orthodox synagogue of Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal, Canada, has called on Chief Rabbi David Lau to issue an apology to its communal leader Rabbi Adam Scheier after having rejected his affirmation of the Jewish status of a former congregant. In addition, the community sent an official letter of protest to the Israeli consul-general for Quebec strongly objecting to the rejection by the Chief Rabbinate of Scheiers affirmation, and those of another 159 Diaspora rabbis
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richards | July 11, 2017
A secular and religious Jew walk arm in arm as a celebration of Jewish unity. (photo credit:KAREN ABRAMSON) More than half of Jewish Israelis are in favor of changing the current status quo on religious life in the public realm, believing that current arrangements reflect haredi or religious-Zionist values, a new poll has found. The survey, conducted for the Israel Democracy Institute, found that 55% of Jewish Israelis think that the way religious issues are handled by the state should change, compared with 33% who said they oppose changes.
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admin | July 11, 2017
Congregation Shaare Zedek in New York City (Jim Henderson/Wikimedia Commons) (JTA) A historic 179-year-old Conservative synagogue in New Yorks Upper West Side is moving forward with plans to house a 14-story apartment building. The proposed project for the Shaare Zedek synagogue includes 20 condominiums, with a community center for the synagogue in the buildings first three floors, The Real Deal, a website focusing on New York real estate news, reported last week
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richards | July 10, 2017
"We want to bring our window home." There is something missing in the Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills new home. The synagogue, tucked away in a quiet field, was built in May 2016. But a 1950 stained glass window, which has been with the community for 60 years, remains in the synagogues former location on Blue Hill Avenue.
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admin | July 8, 2017
OUR FREE DAILY NEWS BLAST Ofer Israeli The triad of powers in the Middle East Barry Leff The Western Wall and the occupation Yaakov Katz Modi, Britney and the unabating BDS threat: Is Israel still diplomatically isolated? Caroline B
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