Benny Friedman & Mordechai Shapiro Participate In Battle Of The Singers To Help Raise Funds For OU’s Yachad – Orthodox Union
admin | June 22, 2020
Mordechai Shapiro and Benny Friedman.
Get to church or synagogue early; houses of worship open in Phase 2 at 25% capacity – SILive.com
admin | June 22, 2020
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.
For $30K/month, you can live in this converted East Village synagogue – 6Sqft
admin | June 22, 2020
Image Credit: Warburg Realty/Martin Davis From the outside, this East Village building still looks like a traditional tenement synagogue, but inside its an incredible four-story home. Located at 317 East 8th Street, the former 8th Street Shul was built around 1900 and converted to a private residence in 2005.Its now available to rent for $30,000 a month
NY-Area Synagogues Reopen With a Mix of Emotions – Jewish Week
admin | June 22, 2020
There was a mixture of ecstasy and anxiety as many Orthodox synagogues here along with a handful of Conservative congregations began reopening over the last three weeks. But the services are generally shorter and out of doors, there are no lengthy sermons, no kiddush, congregants must bring their own prayer books, tallit and tefillin and they must wear masks at all times
Last of Us Part 2 – How to Get Out of the Synagogue – Attack of the Fanboy
admin | June 22, 2020
While you know where to go and what to do most of the time in The Last of Us Part 2, occassionally you get kinda stuck. Whether the level design isnt quite clear, or youre just overthinking things, sometimes during a mission you just find yourself wondering how to get in and out of key locations
Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains Installs New Officers and Board of Trustees – TAPinto.net
admin | June 22, 2020
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains held an installation ceremony on Friday, June 12, to welcome its new Officers and Board of Trustees and to thank its outgoing leaders. The ceremony was held virtually during its Friday evening Shabbat services, which were broadcast live through the synagogues Facebook page. Aaron J
Learn the world you want to save before you come marching in – Los Angeles Times
admin | June 22, 2020
At first, the founder of the new nonprofit in Pico-Union offered community yoga classes, but at the appointed hours, no one in the community showed up to take them. At first, he had flowers from his San Fernando Valley garden planted up and down the sidewalks surrounding the building hed just bought and assumed that the neighborhood would be delighted
Calls to defund police put some Jewish institutions in tough position – The Jewish News of Northern California
admin | June 22, 2020
When Rabbi Capers Funnye attends a synagogue thats not his own, he must brace himself for the reaction that he knows will follow after he walks through the door. Even though he comes in wearing a kippah and holding a prayer shawl, Funnye knows that if a security guard or police officer is there, hell probably face extensive questioning because hes African-American
Calls to defund police put Jewish institutions in a bind – St. Louis Jewish Light
admin | June 22, 2020
When Rabbi Capers Funnye attends a synagogue thats not his own, he must brace himself for the reaction that he knows will follow after he walks through the door. Even though he comes in wearing a kippah and holding a prayer shawl, Funnye knows that if a security guard or police officer is there, hell probably face extensive questioning because hes African-American
Down the Aisle With Mask and Love – Atlanta Jewish Times
admin | June 22, 2020
Like other synagogues, Congregation Etz Chaim is still deciding when and how to reopen its sanctuaries to the public for services, simchas and other social gatherings after shuttering for COVID-19. It has postponed many bnai mitzvah during the world health crisis. Meanwhile, the Marietta synagogue opened its newly renovated sanctuary to its first wedding May 24
