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She revived this Cincinnati synagogue — but that’s not nearly enough for her
The board of Temple Sholom in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, was still reeling from the beginning of lockdown. Then, Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp presented her big idea over Zoom: Take the synagogue’s entire $18,000 budget for the Jewish High Holidays and spend it on pre-recorded Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services — and get the…
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Natalie Grauer, 91, Holocaust Survivor Who Endured Horrors
(JTA via Jewish Press of Pinellas County) — If one were to make a movie about Holocaust survivor Natalie Grauer’s life, picking the most dramatic scene would be difficult. Perhaps it was when a boy she thought was her best friend betrayed her to the Nazis and she was sent to a death camp. Or…
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Infighting, turnover buffet the Joint Distribution Committee, American Jewry’s storied aid and rescue organization
Infighting at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, one of American Jewry’s oldest, biggest communal organizations, has broken into public view again with the release of a letter signed by 16 board members lamenting “breaches of trust” between the board and its current leadership. There are “existential issues” afflicting the board, including a “lack of…
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Her Majesty’s Government hands down six coronavirus dos and dont’s— from shofar to sukkah
No dancing, sukkah “crawls” or shared shofars, said Her Majesty’s Government — among other decrees handed down on Monday. British Jews have received an extensive list of don’ts and dos for this year’s High Holiday season, covering Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and the festivals of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. The list was released…
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A rabbi’s 3000-mile Turkish odyssey, in the name of kashrut
Kosher offerings on supermarket shelves in America and Israel might have looked differently this High Holiday season had Rabbi Mendy Chitrik not undertaken a 3000 mile trip around Anatolia, Turkey’s Asian portion, this summer. While it may come as a surprise, despite only 15,000 Jews in the country, Turkey is a major supplier of kosher…
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Who’s behind the pro-Trump ads Jewish papers refuse to run?
The ad is striking. At the top, it asks, “If You’re Jewish, WHY are you Still Voting Democrat?” It then asserts that a vote for the Democrats is a vote to defund the police and military, permit harassment of pro-Israel and Jewish college students, reinstate the “disastrous Iran nuclear deal” and “turn our American cities…
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In Boston, the pandemic helps open High Holidays to the unaffiliated
In less than two weeks, the High Holidays will arrive in the midst of this unprecedented pandemic. While it may be a challenge to engage worshippers, it’s not impossible. This past month, clergy across Judaism’s denominations shared their thoughts on recreating a High Holiday experience without people in the pews. All were confident about conveying…
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‘Everybody is touched by this’ — Jewish organizations mobilize to help wildfire victims
Even as they struggle to help families hit hard by the coronavirus and the economic downtown, Jewish organizations in California and the Pacific Northwest are mobilized — once again — to help victims of the wildfires that have devastated large swaths of region. “The mood and tone here?” said Marc Blattner, president and chief executive…
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Orthodox rabbis say High Holiday services should proceed as usual — despite coronavirus
The leading Orthodox advocacy and religious authority has released a rabbinical decree ahead of the High Holidays that contains no mention of masks or social distancing, in contrast to the organization’s previous statement, which called on congregations to be careful at large gatherings. The decree, or Kol Korei, was written by a group of 15…
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The Jewish couple behind the Central Park women’s statue
When the statue of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth was unveiled in Central Park, becoming the first statue in Central Park to honor historical women, the Jewish couple largely responsible for making it happen watched the proceedings via Livestream from their home in La Jolla. The former longtime New Yorkers couldn’t…
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L.A. Israelis face tragic consequences of socializing during pandemic
Rachel and Shlomi Elkriaf went on a trip to Laughlin, Nevada with a group of friends on Memorial Day Weekend. It was an annual tradition that they decided to continue despite the looming threat of coronavirus. After a few months of staying home due to the pandemic, they wanted a vacation. A couple of days…
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