2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (536+ words) Behind the imposing stone walls of Eastern State Penitentiary sits a small, unlikely sanctuary: a synagogue built by inmates, for inmates, nearly a century ago. Now, a new exhibition is telling its story. Eastern State Penitentiary, in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood,…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (169+ words) There are moments when the setting becomes part of the story. That was certainly the case on Sunday, July 12 as u201cThrough Our Sacred Windowsu201d made its debut at Beth Judah Temple in Wildwood, the fourth stop on its tour through Atlantic and…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (92+ words) After first joining the community last winter, Chabad of West Cherry Hill has found a physical space to put down roots. It is located on Chapel Avenue. Rabbi Isser Brikman said that he found the place by pure hashgacha pratis…...

4+ week, 45+ min ago   (1085+ words) At the event were (from left), Judy Galler, Betsy Fischer, Marla Rosenthol, and Gail Stanger. The story behind Betsy Fischer’s book “Even After Everything” began with an unexpected moment of connection, not in a boardroom, not in a synagogue, or…...

4+ week, 46+ min ago   (561+ words) This week, camp season reached a bittersweet milestone: The midpoint. Jewish summer camp is a uniquely enchanting place, far greater than the sum of its parts. Countless camps offer endless fun activities, ranging from sports to crafts to performing arts,…...

4+ week, 46+ min ago   (64+ words) Jewish Community Voice Local rabbis in Israel studying at Hartman Institute Rabbi Rachel Dvash Schoenfeld of Cong. B’nai Tikvah-Beth Israel in Sewell and Rabbi Micah Peltz of Temple Beth Sholom in Cherry Hill spent part of the summer studying at…...

4+ week, 45+ min ago   (664+ words) REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Until recently, this city located near the Arctic Circle was one of the few places in Europe where organized Jewish life did not exist — no synagogue, no ritual bath, no communal building. That changed this week, as the…...

4+ week, 45+ min ago   (23+ words) Jewish Community Voice The Voice honors the presidents of local synagogues & organizations...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (197+ words) When we see harrowing footage of people pulled from rubble that was once a home, it’s easy to understand, “That could have been someone I loved… that could have been me.” Israel’s involvement in such relief is extraordinary, as they…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (983+ words) Given this honorable heritage it’s perhaps surprising to discover that following a series of firebombings, shootings, beatings and death threats in the early 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. called St. Augustine “the most lawless community in which we have ever worked....