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Iceland inaugurates first Jewish center in historic milestone for tiny community
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (280+ words) Schwidler House in Reykjavik will serve Iceland's small Jewish community and thousands of Jewish tourists each year, with a synagogue, kosher shop, cultural programming and an exhibition tracing more than a century of Jewish life on the island Iceland's Jewish…...
New Exhibit Illustrates Judaism at Eastern State Penitentiary
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (851+ words) Each person incarcerated at Eastern State Penitentiary was issued an 8-by-12-foot cell with a bed, a workbench, a cast-iron toilet and a Bible. The facility was dedicated to rehabilitation through the Quaker ideals of quiet prayer and isolation. So…...
How a 198-year-old New Orleans synagogue became one of America's fastest-growing Jewish communities
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (1710+ words) Discover Your Ultimate Smooth at Sets on Corydon: Nanoplasty vs. Keratin vs. Japanese Straightening Why Digital Innovation Keeps Elevating PH Bingo Online in the Philippines New book highlights relationship between Kabbalah and science Manitoba Has No i Gaming Framework. So…...
The Blogs: Old Synagogue of Erfurt Germany, the oldest surviving synagogue in the world
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (666+ words) Rediscovered and studied again in the late 20th century, it is especially significant for its intact roof of 1350/51 and is often described as the oldest surviving synagogue building of its kind in the world. I would like to thank the esteemed…...
If You Want To Trigger A MAGA Christian, Just Quote Jesus
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (514+ words) As they fire off threatening texts, furiously tap out expletive-laden emails, and break into violent, performative histrionics on social media, I genuinely feel for them. They're often getting some really bad news that blows up the story they've spent a…...
The Blogs: Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Quebec, the oldest reform synagogue in Canada
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (346+ words) I would like to thank Executive Director Chad Lubelsky for his support of this article. Following a 1957 fire, Max W. Roth redesigned Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in 1959 as a modernist masterpiece, replacing a 1911 Byzantine Revival structure. The new, unified design features a…...
Rabbi Schochet Inspires Communities Across America
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (275+ words) Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet, Rabbi of the Mill Hill Synagogue in London and a sought-after speaker who regularly addresses audiences around the world, was invited to a number of communities across America for a packed schedule of events focused on the…...
Play Ball, Rabbi: Inside St. Louis" 30-year inter-congregational softball league
1+ week, 1+ day ago (992+ words) 11 St. Louis rabbis and cantors join more than 700 urging NYC mayor to apologize for AIPAC remarks Richard David Aach, MD A St. Louis Holocaust survivor spent decades building this collection. After his death, it became a memorial. Fifty-one Jewish boys…...
Magnificent Jewish Center Inaugurated in Russia's Automotive Capital
1+ week, 1+ day ago (210+ words) Hundreds gathered in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, to dedicate a new Jewish center and synagogue, marking a major milestone for the local community and the continued growth of Jewish life across Russia. Full Story The days of the…...
Ethel Zelenske Finds Her Way Back To Judaism At Bolton Street Synagogue
1+ week, 3+ day ago (593+ words) Ethel Zelenske, the daughter of two Holocaust survivors and the immediate past president of Bolton Street Synagogue, said her parents met in a displaced persons camp in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she was raised. Zelenske said growing up, the synagogue was…...