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‘If it’s Jewish, we have it’: Inside D.C.’s new Jewish history museum
Jewish Insider via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn the century after the first synagogue in Washington, D.C., was built in 1876, the small building...
Far from Israel, Jews grieve and pray for peace in Shabbat services held as Israel-Hamas war rages
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJews in communities far from Israel gathered at synagogues this weekend for Shabbat services held...
Augusta's Jewish leaders urge community to remain steadfast in support of embattled Israel
The Augusta Chronicle via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn the wake of new attacks on Israel, the Mideast nation’s supporters must show steely resolve and...
'Resilient' Beth-El congregation downsizing from iconic synagogue, but will 'continue on'
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFALL RIVER — On a Wednesday after morning prayers, the sanctuary at Temple Beth-El was quiet,...
Augusta's Jewish community urges community solidarity in wake of Hamas attack on Israel
The Augusta Chronicle via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMembers of Augusta’s Jewish community are playing host to a gathering to show community solidarity...
'Exactly the spiritual leader that we wanted': Rabbi Meeka Simerly to lead her first Rosh Hashana at...
The Aegis, Bel Air, Md. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 23—As a child in Haifa, Israel, Meeka Simerly grew up in a secular Jewish family. "What it means is that we never really did anything religious whatsoever other than celebrating the staple ...
“Those are real people”: Hamas captive’s family despair as hostage posters torn down across London
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe family of a headteacher held by Hamas has spoken of their sadness at seeing posters of kidnapped...
Don't say 'Happy Yom Kippur': How to greet someone observing the Jewish Day of Atonement
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYom Kippur, which is observed from sundown Tuesday to sundown Wednesday, is considered the holiest...
Fall River's Temple Beth El will be put up for sale. It's the city's last synagogue.
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFall River's Jewish community is losing its last place of worship. Congregation Beth El is at “a...
After 150 years, Jewish temple in Leonia 'keeps chugging along' toward Rosh Hashanah
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCongregation Adas Emuno survived the Spanish Flu of 1918-19 and the COVID pandemic of 2020-21. It weathered the Great Depression starting in 1929 and the Great Recession in 2008. And the Reform ...