Oren Oppenheim is a student at the University of Chicago.
Oren Oppenheim
By Oren Oppenheim
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News Two disasters later, a Tokyo synagogue gets a new rabbi
Shortly after a tsunami devastated Japan in March 2011, Andrew Scheer gathered up food and supplies from where he lived on the Upper West Side and traveled there. The March 11 2011 earthquake and tsunami pummeled northeastern Japan, particularly the region of Fukushima—where a nuclear reactor melted down. It spiraled into an unprecedented crisis. Japan’s…
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Community ‘The Jewish people may be called the People of the Book, but Jewish life revolves around being ‘people of the people’’
When my grandfather passed away from COVID-19 on April 24, I thought we might only have ten men, for an Orthodox Jewish prayer quorum, at his graveside funeral. I was wrong. Only his wife, his three sons and the synagogue’s rabbi could see him off. After 22 years of memories with him, I had to…
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