admin | December 5, 2020
Hanukkah, also referred to as the Festival of Lights, celebrates the Maccabees win over the Syrian Greek army and the subsequent miracle of rededicating the holy temple in Jerusalem and restoring its menorah, or lamp. This year, it will start at sundown Dec. 10 and end at sundown Dec.
admin | December 5, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic, which has shut down or slowed down so many aspects of Jewish life, may have sped up another: synagogue mergers. In one of the biggest consolidations of recent years, University Synagogue, a Reform congregation with declining membership in the West Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood, struck a deal this month with Wilshire Boulevard Temple, a historic congregation of 2,000 families and two campuses that has been seeking added space for its early childhood and elementary schools. The merger comes about as synagogues everywhere have been forced to move religious services, class lessons, adult programming and camping activities to Zoom and other online platforms
admin | December 5, 2020
By Katie Boyden The Cliftonville synagogue on Godwin Road in Margate, Kent is 91-years-old and plays a huge part in the community's Jewish history. However, it is set to go under the hammer at Savills in London on December 16 and local residents fear they could lose the building. So, Save Our Shoul - a group made up of Margate-based artists and educators of Jewish heritage - has launched a fundraising campaign in a bid to buy back the building.
admin | December 5, 2020
The seven-day average test positivity rate in Westchester has climbed to about 5 percent, far higher in some areas: In Peekskill and Ossining, the rate among those who have been tested is about 10 percent. In November, the state designated Port Chester, on the Connecticut border, as an orange zone, shutting down in-person schooling and closing certain businesses. The first time through we didnt really realize how severe it would get, so we were learning as we went along, George Latimer, the Westchester County executive, said.
admin | December 5, 2020
By David Brand Got $50 million to spare? You could be the next owner of the historic Forest Hills Jewish Center. The block-long building at 106-06 Queens Boulevard is now on the market, ending a fringe effort to get the site landmarked by the city.
admin | December 5, 2020
In an empty lot near the Oakland Coliseum, a fence of blessings is going up in a mlange of bright 2-by-4s painted all colors of the rainbow, with words like peace, love and justice adorning them. The fence is the border of a new compound of tiny houses that, come January, will provide shelter for 22 homeless youth ages 18 to 25. It was created by the young people of Youth Spirit Artworks, a Berkeley-based art and job training program, and built with the help of an interfaith coalition that includes Congregations Beth El, Beth Israel and Netivot Shalom in Berkeley, Temples Beth Abraham and Sinai in Oakland, Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont, Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, and organizations including Berkeley Hillel and Repair the World.
admin | December 5, 2020
By Rabbi Marc Mandel| Newport Daily News Can Hanukkah teach us anything about COVID- 19? Can we find inspiration and solace during these challenging times from a holiday that was established 2,000 years ago when the Maccabees lit the candles in the Temple? The lights of Hanukkah take us back to the beginning moments of the universe and the creation of light.
admin | December 5, 2020
A Rockland County village is facing a new federal lawsuit over what prosecutors call an institutional history of anti-Semitic zoning codes against Orthodox Jewish residents since the village formed three decades ago. The administrators of the village of Airmont, near the ultra-Orthodox Jewish haven of Monsey, are accused of creating zoning codes that explicitly prevent residential places of worship as a by-right use, and applying village code in a way to make it impossible for Orthodox Jewish applicants to win zoning approval of home synagogues and a school, according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal district court by Audrey Strauss, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
admin | December 5, 2020
Courtesy Congregation Kol Tikvah By Jill Fox If the family isnt ready to head to Disney World, Congregation Kol Tikvah is bringing the happiest place on earth to Parkland. A drive-thru event complete with activities, characters, and animals a la Noahs Ark, was originally scheduled in November but postponed due to weather concerns.
admin | November 28, 2020
Harrisburg synagogue's tradition keeps firefighters well fed on Thanksgiving Day Updated: 8:08 AM EST Nov 27, 2020 Hide TranscriptShow Transcript TO HARRISBURG WHERE A SYNAGOGUE MADE SURE THE CITYS FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO ENJOY A THANKSGIVING MEAL.
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