Synagogue jumps to revise slogan slammed as sexist for linking women and whining – Forward
admin | May 5, 2020
handout The recurring talk show sparked accusations of sexism.
Today, we’re mourning the loss of our social spaces. Tomorrow, let’s redesign them. – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | May 4, 2020
CLEVELAND (JTA) Remember when we used to go to shul, Mommy? Its Shabbat morning and my children are repeating the same weekly ritual which now seems to have replaced the practice of actually attending synagogue
Gloria Sadoff Landy – The Two River Times
admin | May 4, 2020
Gloria Sadoff Landy, age 86, of Rumson, passed away April 23 at her home. She was born Aug. 12, 1933 in New York City, the oldest of two children to Samuel and Eva Sadoff.
California shopper appears to wear KKK hood to grocery store in lieu of coronavirus face mask, sparking out… – Fox News
admin | May 4, 2020
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox.Sign up here. A man was photographed wearing what appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan hood while grocery shopping in southern California over the weekend, inciting outrage from other shoppers, local officials, and the Anti-Defamation League. The incident Saturday occurreda day after San Diego County began requiring all residents to wear masks or other face coveringsin public, including when making trips to the grocery store, in an effort to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020: Let’s not play Russian roulette, getting back to work safely, please give what you can – Bangor Daily News
admin | May 4, 2020
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What’s on around the J-Com: Melbourne – The Australian Jewish News
admin | May 4, 2020
MONDAY, MAY 4 Access Inc online programs: Access Inc is excited to launch a new suite of programs developed in response to the current COVID-19 situation,Access Online.
LETTER TO EDITOR: Thanks offered to community for response to synagogue fire – The Daily Iberian
admin | May 3, 2020
This is a tale of two stories. The first one is a potential tragedy. As many of you know, lightning struck the roof of the Jewish Synagogue in New Iberia on the morning of April 28
Why I Am Observing the Community Mental Health Shabbat (& Why You Should Too!) – The Times of Israel
admin | May 3, 2020
Last year, together with my co-chair, Yair Meyers, we spearheaded an initiative in our community in Montreal which became known as the Community Mental Health Shabbat. Our goal was to get as many synagogues in our community as possible to dedicate the same Shabbat in May to mental health awareness and destigmatization
‘Keeping the Faith’ is 20 years old. Rabbis and priests look back at the interfaith romcom that was ahead of its time. – JTA News
admin | May 3, 2020
(JTA) It sounds like an old joke, about a rabbi and a priest walking into a bar. But Keeping the Faith, a romantic comedy released 20 years ago this month, stretched the premise into one of the more clever films of its genre, and the rare Hollywood movie that takes questions of religious faith and obligation seriously. Keeping the Faith was the directorial debut of actor Edward Norton, from a screenplay by the Jewish writer Stuart Blumberg, who had been Nortons roommate at Yale.
Fire damage at synagogue believed limited to attic – The Daily Iberian
admin | May 1, 2020
A New Iberia landmark was endangered Wednesday morning when a fire broke out in the attic of Congregation Gates of Prayer synagogue at the corner of N. Weeks Street and Charles Street, between Main and St. Peter streets.
