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City of Longview accepts donation of Jewish synagogue property to become park
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (632+ words) Published 5:45 am Friday, July 31, 2026 Temple Emanu-El, long occupied by Longview’s Jewish congregation, will be forever part of the city’s story with the donation of the aging property on Eden Drive. The Longview City Council voted unanimously Thursday to accept the…...
Federation’s 86th Annual Meeting Recap - Jewish Federation of the Berkshires
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1011+ words) Thank you so much to the more than 100 community members who attended Federation’s 86th annual meeting on June 22 to celebrate a year of growth, resilience, and impact while looking ahead to the opportunities and challenges facing Berkshire Jewish life. We also…...
A plan for older American Jews
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (476+ words) One of the questions I hear most often comes from people who have already spent decades building Jewish life in America. They ask it quietly, usually after a speech or over coffee: “What should I be doing now?” It is…...
Loudoun County's Sarah Green Helps Build Jewish Community
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (689+ words) When her grandmother turned 90, Sarah Green of northern Virginia packed up her two young boys, one of whom is a baby, and headed to New Jersey to help her celebrate. “It’s what you do,” she said. “To me, personally, Judaism…...
A family finds at Yad Vashem a miniature Hebrew Bible written in the Lodz ghetto
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) More than 80 years after the Holocaust, three generations of the same family reunited at Yad Vashem with a miniature Hebrew Bible written in the Lodz ghetto, which its author believed was lost forever Three generations of Shlomo Knobel's family, a…...
Why St. Charles matters to the future of Jewish St. Louis
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (501+ words) A St. Louis Holocaust survivor's unlikely friendship is becoming a documentary After 21 years of building young changemakers, LEAD STL to close How Marty Feldman became the great forgotten Jewish comic Why does every day feel like a three-ring circus? The…...
Restored 19th-century wooden synagogue reopens to visitors in eastern Lithuania
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (356+ words) A restored 19th-century wooden synagogue in the eastern Lithuanian town of Alanta has reopened to visitors after decades of abandonment, becoming a new venue for cultural events and exhibitions. Built around 1860 by Alanta’s Jewish community, which then numbered about 200 people,…...
Why is Tisha B’av called a festival?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1205+ words) This Wednesday evening, Jews around the world will gather in synagogues, sit on the floor and mourn the destruction of Jerusalem. For 25 hours, we will fast, recite the Book of Lamentations and contemplate the suffering that has accompanied our people…...
First Cohort of Guardians to Graduate, Protect Area Synagogues
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (910+ words) Amid recent headlines detailing attacks on synagogues, a group of Jewish men in greater Washington is taking matters into its own hands. The Collective Threat Response Initiative is a Jewish nonprofit organization that aims to train and license community members…...
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Discussion Series Marks America250
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (480+ words) This July, Baltimore Hebrew Congregation is hosting its annual Summer Nights in Park Heights series, a discussion-based program “with a Jewish twist.” While the series has been a staple for over a decade, this year, for America250, the events look a…...