Chabad of Bedford to Break Ground on New Synagogue – TAPinto.net
admin | June 13, 2020
BEDFORD, N.Y. - Chabad of Bedford will break ground on the $6 million, 12,000-square-foot synagogue on Sunday, June 14, at 220 South Bedford Road
Calls to defund the police put Jewish institutions in a tough position – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | June 13, 2020
(JTA) 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.
As they reopen, congregations grapple with including seniors – Martinsville Bulletin
admin | June 13, 2020
(RNS) Each Sunday, Larry Little and his wife, Mary, get ready for church. They dress casually, fill two tumblers with water, climb into their golf cart and drive two miles to The Grove, a grassy field next to their church
Local rabbi and pastor lead coast-to-coast ‘Night of Hope’ to fight racism – The Jewish News of Northern California
admin | June 13, 2020
When Rabbi David Booth heard about George Floyds death at the hands of Minneapolis police, the spiritual leader of Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto called his friend, Pastor Kaloma Smith. I asked for guidance from him, Booth said. He is a wonderful leader and voice.
Briarcliff Congregations Organic Farm Serves the Community – River Journal Staff
admin | June 13, 2020
The COVID pandemic has laid bare our vulnerabilities with regard to so many of lifes essentials. Exposure to the virus aside, our mental health and sense of well-being, the fulfillment of our spiritual needs, our access to the right foods (and at reasonable costs), our mobility, and our ability to interact with friends and family are but a few of the critical challenges we have encountered. And then there is the unusual case of the Organic Farm at Congregation Sons of Israel in Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Police in German city of Halle say local Jews requested no additional protection for Yom Kippur – Cleveland Jewish News
admin | June 13, 2020
BERLIN (JTA) Police officials in the German city of Halle say that the Jewish community had not sought additional protection last Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday when a gunman sought unsuccessfully to enter the synagogue. Halle Police Chief Annett Wernicke and several colleagues told a committee of inquiry in the Magdeburg state parliament on Wednesday that the local Jewish community had not made any special request for security on that day. Police have admitted that they were unaware that Oct.
Brush fire caught early at Walnut Creek synagogue J. – The Jewish News of Northern California
admin | June 12, 2020
A brush fire broke out on the property of Congregation Bnai Shalom in Walnut Creek around 6 p.m. June 7, the synagogue said.
Defying their own dire projection, the Orthodox Jewish community of Antwerp has weathered the coronavirus surprisingly well – JTA News
admin | June 12, 2020
(JTA) Most of the 20,000 or so haredi Orthodox Jews in Antwerp, Belgium, live close to one another in a centrally located neighborhood, an area of about 20 narrow streets that borders the citys main railroad station. While many Orthodox communities around the world have struggled during the coronavirus pandemic to gather minyans groups of 10 or more worshippers required by Jewish law to recite certain public prayers many Antwerp Jews developed a hack to do so: gathering on their apartment balconies. For months, the Jewish neighbors have recited prayers with each other from balcony to balcony
We Orthodox Jews have been largely complacent about racism. It’s time to change that. – JTA News
admin | June 12, 2020
DALLAS (JTA) Before COVID-19, when my community convened every Shabbat at our synagogue here, two men stood at opposite ends of the property wearing Kevlar vests and holding makeshift nylon shields. These shields covered the mens long automatic rifles so that our communitys children wouldnt face heavy firearms every time they ambled into services.
ADVICE: ‘I can’t finish my conversion because of Covid’ – The Jewish News of Northern California
admin | June 12, 2020
Dear Dawn: After I formally prepared for more than a year, my beit din and mikvah were going to be scheduled for this spring. Now they are postponed because of the shutdown. Im grateful for many things, and I continue to study.
