admin | December 16, 2020
ADRIANA DELGADO|Palm Beach Daily News Traditionally, Ruthie Friedmanalong with her husband Rob and their three children, Sam, Rose and Maxwould celebrate Hanukkah by attending the large Worth Avenue menorah lighting event organized by The Chabad House . But with the spread of COVID-19, and the rising numbers inPalm Beach, the Friedmans andmany other Jewish families are celebrating Hanukkah, also known asthe Festival of Lights, differently this year. > > RELATED:Virtual Turkey Trot feeds more than 4,000 In the past, weve attended the menorah lighting organized by the Palm Beach Synagogue at Bradley Park, and community events that other synagogues like Chabad House have put together, Friedman said
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admin | December 16, 2020
Once the most densely populated district in the world, the Lower East Side of Manhattan has witnessed a myriad of changes over the past century. Join Untapped New York Insider and long-time Lower East Side resident Richard Soden for a virtual tour that will explore the evolution of this New York City neighborhood.
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admin | December 7, 2020
NORTHBROOK, IL The following information comes from the Northbrook Police Department and court records as a record of incidents reported to police and those arrested on criminal charges, which represent accusations by the state that are often dropped or reduced. Updated information may be available from the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court.
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admin | December 7, 2020
Protesters gather in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park to denounce lockdowns of their neighborhood due to a spike in COVID-19 cases on Oct. 7.Spencer Platt/Getty Images In October, Blima Marcus, a nurse practitioner and ultra-Orthodox resident of Borough Park, Brooklyn, received a call from a close friend. The womans teenage son was showing COVID-19 symptomsa headache, fever, and decreased appetiteafter being exposed to a positive case of the virus at a local synagogue where he prayed daily
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admin | December 7, 2020
Rabbi Adam Mintz, a Modern Orthodox rabbi based on Manhattans Upper West Side, has performed conversions each year for the past three decades, meeting in-person with hundreds of individuals undergoing the transformative process. Despite restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including the halting of in-person religious services and the temporary closing of his mikvah Mintz is busier than ever. You would think, he told Jewish Insider, that conversions would be put on hold, that people wouldnt approach me to start studying for the process
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admin | December 7, 2020
Hot-Desk Jews are the future. Flexible, cost-efficient, non-hierarchical and collaborative, the hot-desk work space offers opportunities for varied experiences, cultural exchange and heightened personal autonomy.
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admin | December 7, 2020
MARSEILLE, France Although punctuality isnt a dominant trait among most Jewish leaders (and non-leaders) who agree to sit down with The Times of Israel, Michel Cohen Tenoudji, the president of the Jewish community of Marseille, apologized through his black cloth mask as he barreled into his simple office on the second floor of the Great Synagogue compound a few minutes late. He was unable to let the interview run overtime, he said, because a local Muslim leader would be visiting him directly afterward.
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admin | December 7, 2020
With the Texas Legislature scheduled to meet in January, area representatives and senators are gearing up for the session. From 8:30 to 10 a.m
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admin | December 7, 2020
An unidentified man spray-painted the words Jesus Wins in black on the walls of a synagogue in Greece and a nearby Holocaust monument. The incident Thursday in Larissa, in northern Greece, was reported immediately to police but the man fled before he could be apprehended
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admin | December 5, 2020
Jessica Cohen| Times Herald-Record PORT JERVIS - Temple Beth El was a working, thriving community when Julius Greenberg joined 42 years ago, he said. With 200 member households, they had a sisterhood, a mens club and a Hebrew school at their synagogue at 88 E. Main St
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