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The Shema - Jewish Exponent
Oct 4, 2023 · The most important Jewish prayer in the Hebrew liturgy is The Shema, which is also probably the shortest Jewish prayer in the Hebrew liturgy. (One might think that, if the most important Jewish prayer in the Hebrew liturgy were also one of the shortest – if not the shortest – prayer, then Jewish religious services would likewise …
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Vice President Kamala Harris said she is holding out hope for a cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war as reports emerged over the weekend that negotiations seen as promising were on the verge of collapsing again. Jewish Community, News, Events and More. Serviong the Jewish Community of Greater Philadelphia since 1887.
CNN’s Jake Tapper: Anchor, Author and Proud Jew
Nov 15, 2023 · CNN recently sent Tapper on a breaking news assignment to Israel, where he reported on the Oct. 7 attacks and the wider conflict that is taking shape following that fateful day. While in Israel, Tapper had the opportunity to speak with family members whose loved ones were abducted by Hamas and are being held hostage, as well as with survivors ...
Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El in Elkins Park Is Surviving
Jan 25, 2023 · Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El is a synagogue with no preschool or religious school. The Conservative congregation of between 250 and 275 members has not had younger members in “many years,” Cantor Stephen Freedman said. And since 2012, it has rented a small wing in the corner of a much bigger synagogue, Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel ...
Death Notices Archive - Jewish Exponent
Eric Doran Gerst. . GERST Eric Doran Gerst, 83, passed away peacefully on November 5, 2024. Beloved husband of Carol, his wife of 59 years. Devoted father of Jeffrey and...
The Jewish Story Behind ‘Oppenheimer,’ Explained
Aug 2, 2023 · A profound shift occurred in Oppenheimer during the mid-1930s, as he watched family, friends and scientific minds crushed under the tides of Nazism in Germany and the economic collapse at home. “I had a continuing, smoldering fury about the treatment of Jews in Germany,” he said in his testimony.
Synagogue To Unveil, Dedicate Czech Torah Scrolls from Holocaust
May 18, 2022 · Old York Road Temple-Beth Am will display and rededicate its three Torah scrolls salvaged from Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust on June 3, coinciding with the Abington synagogue’s 75th-year jubilee. The event also marks the 50th anniversary of the scrolls’ recovery and restoration and the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Jews in ...
Ohev Shalom Continues to Survive and Grow - Jewish Exponent
Jun 15, 2022 · Ohev Shalom of Bucks County opened in 1976 — just as Jews were moving to the area — and, in that time, it has reflected the evolution of the area’s Jewish community. From the mid-1970s through the ’90s, the Conservative synagogue grew from 25 founding families to more than 700 members, as baby boomers sought a place to attend High ...
Cantor Eliot Vogel Retires from Har Zion Temple After Nearly 32 …
Oct 11, 2022 · Sarah Luksenberg has been a Har Zion congregant for more than 40 years. She lives within walking distance of the synagogue on Hagys Ford Road. And she called Vogel “the heart of Har Zion.”. “For 32 years, he’s been a leader, a mentor, a teacher,” she added. Cantor Eliot Vogel leads a service at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley.