In the desert with a hole in my heart
On moving and memory and the very essence of community
View ArticleHome sweet shul
Do’s and don’t’s to make your synagogue an inviting place for the young families you pray will become active members
View ArticleKaddish away from home
Here’s what to do if you must prevent Orthodox women from elevating the souls of their dead in your shul
View ArticleChabad rabbi banned from Lithuania’s main synagogue
Sholem Ber Krinsky was allegedly disrespectful to the synagogue’s rabbi in a feud that has lasted over a decade
View ArticleSeattle shul vandalized with graffiti saying ‘Holocau$t i$ fake hi$tory’
Rabbi notes similarity to language used by Trump in describing the news media; Reform congregation has survivors among its members
View ArticleIt takes men to make a minyan
Orthodox Judaism IS gendered, but each sex should still be treated with equal respect
View ArticleFirefighters put out massive blaze at historic New York synagogue
Inspectors open probe into fire at landmark shul in Lower East Side, once home of oldest Russian Jewish Orthodox congregation in US
View Article14-year-old arrested in arson of New York synagogue
Historic building in Manhattan’s Lower East Side was seriously damaged in massive blaze that also injured 2 firefighters
View ArticleElderly man wearing kippah attacked near LA synagogue
Footage shows assailant punching and kicking victim before walking away from the scene
View ArticleNon-Orthodox shuls in US begin dropping mandatory dues
In outreach push, nearly 60 Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist synagogues now ask for voluntary payments
View ArticleFoundations of synagogue destroyed in 1938 uncovered in Poland
Archaeologists find ruins of New Synagogue, which once featured four towers and a 210-foot-high dome
View ArticleIslamist who planned to attack French synagogue jailed
Mohamed Chebab, who said he planned to ‘smoke some Jews’ at the Grand Synagogue of Marseille, sentenced to to two years in prison
View ArticleAn open letter to the front of the shul
Orthodox men should wield their power and influence to ensure that the women who accept ‘separate’ are truly equal
View ArticleSuspect nabbed for swastika and ‘kikes’ graffiti at UK synagogue
Watchdog group members says they were harangued with bigoted abuse from the man prior to his arrest
View ArticleStone-throwers shatter window of synagogue in Sweden
Jewish community says incident on October 7 may be a hate crime targeting the congregation
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