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An arsonist set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee on Friday, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same ...
El, built in 1907, remains a cornerstone of Staten Island's Jewish community with its distinctive gold dome and neo-classic ...
Thousands of Syria’s Jews left in recent decades. But after Assad’s ouster and easing of sanctions, they can now reconnect ...
The values prevailing from the American Revolution were visible when Christians lined up to attend Kentucky's first synagogue ...
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman honored a volunteer firefighter Wednesday, June 25, for rescuing a sacred Torah scroll ...
Locally, the person most in demand is Amos Yadlin, a former Israel Air Force major-general, a former Israel military attaché in Washington, a former head of IDF Military Intelligence, and one of eight ...
Its ark, bimah, and 12 stained glass windows were among the items picked up by a 40-year-old Jewish farmer who is building a synagogue in a two-acre cornfield in rural Illinois. Nearby, the Orthodox ...
What I've really learned over my years in the rabbinate is that it's not about me,” Henry said. “It's about how I make other ...
Firefighter Michael Farca braved heavy smoke and flames to rescue a Torah scroll from the burning Chabad of Greenvale synagogue, located in the basement of a multi-tenant building on Northern Blvd ...
News A Jewish farmer drove 600 miles to rescue a century-old synagogue. Now he’s building a new one in a cornfield. All four of Nik Jakobs’ grandparents survived the Nazis.
The foundation, which has been teaching Jewish Colonial history and the story of the synagogue for about 80 years, will continue presentations at the Loeb Visitors Center and, weather permitting ...
The dispute between the two congregations began in 2012 and has involved legal battles up to the U.S. Supreme Court. Touro Synagogue, dedicated in 1763, is the oldest synagogue in the U.S.