Sheriff who responded to Temple Israel attack faces online backlash
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The Shenandoah Country Club, which serves Detroit’s Chaldean community, has kept its doors open to Jewish neighbors who lost their sanctuary in last week’s terrorist attack
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Opinion Temple Israel was my home — and what I learned there can help us get through this difficult moment
Growing up in the West Bloomfield, Michigan, congregation that came under attack teaches the power of connection with each other and with neighbors
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News Synagogues size up security after Michigan attack amid intensifying risks
Many leaders say they already have defenses of the kind that saved lives at Temple Israel
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Fast Forward Schechter School Closing Adds to Boston Anguish Over Rabbi Barry Starr Scandal
(JTA) — It’s been a rough few weeks for Conservative Jews in the Boston suburbs known as the South Area. First, Rabbi Barry Starr, the longtime spiritual leader of Temple Israel of Sharon, resigned amid allegations that he used synagogue discretionary funds to pay about $480,000 in hush money to an extortionist to hide a…
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News Storybook Boston Suburb of Sharon Shaken by Rabbi Barry Starr Hush Money Sex Scandal
Rabbi Miriam Spitzer did not have to mention him by name. The class of sixth graders at Temple Israel, in Sharon, Massachusetts, knew exactly whom Spitzer was thinking of when she dedicated that day’s lesson to Elisha ben Abuyah, a revered rabbi who became a heretic. “The lesson was that the Torah taught [by Abuyah]…
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Fast Forward Boston Rabbi Barry Starr Sent Nude Pics to Teen — Trolled Web for Sex
Disgraced Boston-area Rabbi Barry Starr sent naked photos of himself to boys and trolled the internet for escorts for sexual liaisons — and was tripped up when the brother of one teen demanded thousands in hush money, court documents alleged. The prominent rabbi, who resigned as leader of Temple Israel in Sharon, engaged in “extensive”…
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Opinion After Sandy, One Shul Celebrated Hanukkah Without Lights
It has become my annual ritual. I flippantly say, minutes before the first night of Hanukkah, “I’m going to 116th Street to blur the separation between church and state.” Apparently, some very well-meaning and generous person from Indiana donated a large, electric menorah to the Jewish community of the Rockaways following 9/11, because our community…
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