admin | January 4, 2021
In Review: Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy On October 27, 2018, a gunman came into the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, the center of Pittsburghs Jewish community for generations, and took the lives of 11 people from Tree of LifeOr LSimcha, Dor Hadash, and New Light congregations during sabbath services. The kedoshim of Pittsburgh, the martyrs of that day, are Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil Rosenthal, David Rosenthal, Bernice Simon, Sylvan Simon, Daniel Stein, Melvin Wax, and Irving Younger.
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admin | January 4, 2021
Thanks to a $162 million dollar loan, a construction project on the former site of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, one of the oldest synagogues in Manhattan, has begun moving forward. Beth Hamedrash Hagadol was the first synagogue founded by Russian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side. It stood for nearly 170 years, from 1850 until 2017, when it was destroyed in a fire
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admin | January 4, 2021
(JTA) When Andrew Pepperstone drove to Kansas in late July to start his new job as rabbi at the Hebrew Congregation of Wichita, it was the first time hed ever been to the city. My entire search for a new pulpit job was conducted during COVID-19, he explained, so all his interactions with the Conservative congregation had been virtual
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admin | January 4, 2021
No. 208 E X E C U T I V E O R D E R DECLARING AN EMERGENCY IN ORDER TO APPOINT NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT POLICE OFFICERS AS RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS TO PROVIDE ENHANCED SECURITY ON COMMUTER TRAINS, BUSES, AND FERRIES WHEREAS, the holiday season is a time of heightened alert and increased risk of terrorist attack as terrorists typically consider significant, symbolic dates when planning attacks, with the objective of inflicting mass casualties and maximizing the economic and psychological damage to the United States, as evidenced by the November 2010 plot to bomb a holiday tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Oregon by a homegrown violent extremist; the December 2010 attack on a market filled with Christmas shoppers in Stockholm, Sweden by a suicide bomber; the December 2010 arrests in the United Kingdom of 12 individuals plotting to conduct attacks during the holiday season; the December 2016 attack in Berlin where a truck was driven into a crowd of people located at the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church; the 2016 nightclub attack in Istanbul that left 39 people dead during a New Year's Eve celebration in 2016; the December 2017 bombing in a tunnel in New York Citys Port Authority Bus Terminal, which was inspired by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Christmas propaganda and conducted after the attacker saw holiday-themed posters on the tunnel walls; the continued threats issued in 2018 by pro-ISIS social media users calling for ISIS supporters to conduct attacks during the upcoming holiday season; and the December 2018 active shooter attack by a terrorist at a popular Christmas Market in Strasbourg, France, which killed 5 and injured 11 more; WHEREAS, New York State has been subject to terrorist attacks and plots, including the World Trade Center bombing in 1993; the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001; the Brooklyn Bridge Plot in 2003; the Financial Centers Plot in 2004 targeting the New York Stock Exchange and Citigroup Center in New York City and the Prudential Plaza in Newark, New Jersey; the 2007 plot to blow up jet fuel supply tanks and the pipeline that fed the tanks located underneath the John F. Kennedy International Airport; the May 2009 plot to bomb a Bronx synagogue and the Stewart Air National Guard Base; the failed plot of Faisal Shahzad in May 2010; the May 2011 plot by Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh to bomb New York City Synagogues, during which Ferhani and Mamdouh discussed additional targets in New York City, including churches and the Empire State Building; the October 2012 foiled attempt by Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis to detonate a 1,000 pound car bomb outside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in Lower Manhattan; the planned attacks by Quazi and his brother in November 2012 directed at landmarks in New York; the 2014 indictment of Mufid Elfgeeh, a Rochester resident who is alleged to have provided material support to ISIS; the September 2016 attack in New York City involving a pressure cooker style bomb that injured more than 30 people and involved additional detonated and undetonated devices; the October 2017 attack in Lower Manhattan involving Sayfullo Saipov, who drove a rented Home Depot truck down a bike path killing eight people and injuring 12; the October 2018 plot by a Rockland County man to detonate a 200 pound explosive device on Election Day; the October 2018 package bombs that were sent to multiple locations in New York, including CNNs Headquarters in NYC and a Westchester residence; the Queens resident who was arrested in June 2019 for purchasing firearms with obliterated serial numbers and was plotting to attack Times Square; the Brooklyn man who was arrested in November 2019 for allegedly disseminating ISIS propaganda and bomb-making instructions in an effort to incite violence in New York City and elsewhere; and the machete attack during Hanukkah in Monsey, New York on December 28, 2019.
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admin | January 4, 2021
As Alabama locked down in March, reporters at AL.com reached out to people across the state to track their journey through this historic moment. Their stories touch on what was taken for granted, senior prom and live music and church service and haircuts. Some struggled to keep a business afloat.
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admin | December 25, 2020
A group of East Bay synagogues teamed up to donate more than $115,000 to the Alameda County Community Food Bank this holiday season. Thats enough to purchase 232,000 meals for East Bay residents in need, food bank spokesperson Katherine Avila said.
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admin | December 25, 2020
Anti-Zionist slogans on the gate of the Zion Synagogue in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Photo: Screenshot
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admin | December 16, 2020
Temple Emanuel was vandalized on Thursday, with spray paint citing John 8:44, a verse in the New Testament in the Christian Bible. DAVENPORT, Iowa A Davenport synagogue was vandalized on Thursday, just before the first night of Hanukkah.
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admin | December 16, 2020
Mentz also thanked the community, Forsyth County Commissioners, Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman, the Congregation and many others for their support.
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admin | December 16, 2020
With Pandemics End In Sight, Small Synagogues Convene To Discuss Returning To Full Operations NEW YORK Responding to the challenges that many smaller Orthodox Jewish shuls are experiencing in engaging and growing their communities during the pandemic, the Orthodox Unions Pepa and Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue & Community Services recently convened rabbinic and lay leadership from more than 21 smaller Orthodox communities to virtually discuss and collaborate on strategies to help them unite and ignite their synagogues throughout turbulent times where communal physical gatherings in their buildings have been on pause for close to nine months. A major challenge many communities are concerned about is how to bring their small backyard minyanim back into the brick-and-mortar sanctuary, as many are worried that participants have grown increasingly comfortable in these small settings. Participants took part in group discussions about their shared and individual challenges and spoke about programs and initiatives they were able to employ within their local communities.
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