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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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,…...

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…...

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…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (179+ words) Moment Magazine Sacred Architecture: The Design of Post WWII Synagogues with Anat M. Geva and Diane M. Bolz Following World War II, American Jews built hundreds of new synagogues that reflected a growing community embracing both tradition and modernity. With bold designs,…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (512+ words) On my first visit to Williamson, W.Va., during my student pulpit at B’nai Israel Congregation, the temple’s president handed me a map of the city’s downtown streets, marking the location of congregants’ shops. “On Shabbat morning,” he informed me, “our…...