Synagogues & Ritual

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (439+ words) Jolie is your community reporter for Pontiac, Waterford Township, West Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, and Troy. Connect with her at [email protected]. WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — Temple Israel in West Bloomfield has reopened following a terrorist attack that targeted…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (930+ words) One day a week, Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block gets to be unplugged and disconnected from the internet in observance of Shabbat. “It’s a great reset,” he said. But the Silver Spring resident and member of Tifereth Israel Congregation realized that his…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (545+ words) Built in 1826, the Stadttempel was the city’s only shul to survive Kristallnacht, with its worshippers including Theodore Herzl and Simon Wiesenthal The restoration of Vienna’s oldest surviving synagogue has been completed at a cost of £9m in the year of its…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (252+ words) As part of this exciting transition, Adath Israel is introducing a dynamic leadership team to guide the community forward. For the upcoming High Holidays, the synagogue will welcome Rabbi Eytan Kenter, a vibrant spiritual leader renowned for creating modern, deeply…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (483+ words) At Pearlstone, a sprawling outdoor campus in Reisterstown that serves as Adamah’s headquarters, there’s a program that welcomes Baltimoreans to participate in activities in the natural world that are rooted in Jewish tradition. This is the second iteration of Pearlstone’s…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (542+ words) After decades of silence and uncertainty, a historic Jewish landmark in the Crimean Peninsula is once again coming to life. The ancient “Ner Tamid” Synagogue in Simferopol, which stood in spiritual desolation for more than six decades, is currently undergoing…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (72+ words) Audacy Ask your smart speaker to Chad Benson Show Podcast The Mid-Morning Mike Check Ask the Expert North Texas Brad Sham Cowboys Report Own the Road with Kelli and Bob A crisis is shaking Brazil’s Supreme Court. Here’s what to…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (234+ words) Torahs were returned to the ark at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., on Friday night, as congregants gathered in the synagogue’s sanctuary for the first time since a March terrorist attack. “Welcome home,” Cantor Neil Michaels told the…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (187+ words) Jonathan Cahn revisits last year’s Rapture scare and reveals the Feast of Trumpets’ true prophetic significance....

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (153+ words) The Salt Lake Tribune Temple in Park City is vandalized before Jewish community celebrates its holiest holidays The temple’s sign was vandalized in the run-up to the High Holy Days. (Deb Sheldon via The Park Record) A sign at Park…...