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For more than a century, a synagogue known as the ‘Carnegie Hall of Brooklyn’ has been home to the US’ greatest cantors
New York, among other cities around the globe, has been the epicenter of virtuosic cantorial performance of Jewish liturgy through melody. Now, there is an attempt to revive the practice.
Jewish Groups and Synagogues Defend Students Detained by ICE
More than two dozen are joining a legal effort to free a Tufts University student the Trump administration is trying to deport because of her pro-Palestinian views.
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At America’s oldest synagogue, a new chapter at the end of a bitter court case
In the Orthodox Jewish community of Newport, Passover this year is bittersweet, because Touro Synagogue now has new ...
Egg prices still high enough to scramble Passover plans for synagogues, other Jewish organizations
Jewish groups that hold community seders or give away food to the needy are adjusting in response to the cost of eggs and ...
Jewish families channel Passover story after devastating losses in LA wildfires
Members of a 104-year-old Pasadena synagogue that was burned down in the Los Angeles fires in January are getting ready to ...
Palm Beach Jewish community prepares for Passover, which starts April 12
The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Saturday, and temples around Palm Beach plan celebrations with food, prayer and ...
Long Island Press1d
Federal pause of synagogue security funding to not panic local recipients – yet
The security funding for the federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program was paused, but Community Security Initiative's Pollock ...
R.I. Supreme Court rules congregation can be evicted from Newport’s Touro Synagogue, the nation’s oldest synagogue
The court ruled a New York congregation can evict Congregation Jeshuat Israel, which has worshipped at Touro Synagogue for ...