simmons | July 2, 2017
Rabbi Michael Rothbaum at Temple Beth Elohim. Michael Rothbaum was in kindergarten when the man he is succeeding at Congregation Beth Elohim assumed the pulpit of the Acton synagogue 40 years ago.
richards | July 2, 2017
Getty Images (JTA) Women who read aloud from the Torah at a synagogue in Marseille were subjected to threats and insults by congregants after local rabbis condemned the event. The dozens of threats and insults, made on social networks and in emails, started coming in Saturday night after the group of half a dozen women read the Torah at the Fleg Jewish Center that morning, the French community centers president,Raymond Arouch, and director, Martine Yana, wrote in a statement Monday. The threats were of all kinds of assaults and were intolerable, Arouch and Yana said in the statement, which neither identified the women nor contained examples of the abuse
admin | June 30, 2017
Jewish families across South Florida who aren't affiliated with a synagogue have the opportunity to give their children a traditional bar or bat mitzvah through Temple Beth El of Hollywood's Accelerated Prep Program. The inclusive APP is considered a no-strings attached course offered to Jewish families who do not want to join a synagogue but do want to have the bar or bat mitzvah for their child. This program is designed as a fast track one where teens learn to read Hebrew in order to read their Torah portion and lead the service
admin | June 30, 2017
(JTA) Women who read aloud from the Torah at a synagogue in Marseille were subjected to threats and insults by congregants after local rabbis condemned the event. The dozens of threats and insults, made on social networks and in emails, started coming in Saturday night after the group of half a dozen women read the Torah at the Fleg Jewish Center that morning, the French community centers president,Raymond Arouch, and director, Martine Yana, wrote in a statement Monday.
admin | June 30, 2017
ManyAtlanta synagogues have closed the doors on their gift shopsin recent years, and some remaining vendors are struggling to maintain their hold on customers. The one at Sinai closed, the AA (Ahavath Achim Synagogue) shop closed, Shearith Israel, they all closed
richards | June 29, 2017
PALERMO This is the first step on a long path, Archbishop of Palermo Corrado Lorefice said Thursday upon receiving the Raoul Wallenberg Medal for having transferred to the Jewish community a churchowned facility built atop the ruins of the Great Synagogue of Palermo. Addressing the audience at a celebratory event at his residence, Lorefice was moved to tears as a he delivered a heartfelt speech.
simmons | June 29, 2017
Women who read aloud from the Torah at a synagogue in Marseille were subjected to threats and insults by congregants after local rabbis condemned the event. The dozens of threats and insults, made on social networks and in emails, started coming in Saturday night after the group of half a dozen women read the Torah at the Fleg Jewish Center that morning, the French community centers president,Raymond Arouch, and director, Martine Yana, wrote in a statement Monday.
simmons | June 29, 2017
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the iconic Manhattan LGBTQ synagogue, instructed marchers joining it June 25 in the New York Pride Parade to avoid wearing clothing or carrying signs relating to the Jewish state or the Palestinians, the Forward has learned. A CBST rabbi asked in an email for the groups to ensure that their marchers focus on resistance to President Trump and not bring messaging comprising words, symbols and signage about Israel/Palestine. We were trying to say the debate about Israel and Palestine is not located in this event, said Sharon Kleinbaum, the senior rabbi of CBST.
richards | June 29, 2017
The Villager Push to save some pieces of destroyed Norfolk St. synagogue The Villager BY BILL WEINBERG | The fate of the forlorn remains of the landmarked Beth HaMidrash HaGadol synagogue on Norfolk St.
simmons | June 28, 2017
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) A group of Muslim girls from Germany said they were prevented from entering a synagogue in Lublin while on a visit to Poland to study the Holocaust. The girls claim they were refused entrance to the synagogue at the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva last week because they were wearing traditional Muslim headgear. The Jewish community of Lublin has denied the claim, saying in a statement thatthe group was turned awaybecause the hotel where the synagogue is located had been rented exclusively for one of Europes soccer teams.
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