Congregation Beth Shalom notes 50 years
Beth Shalom: Members of the new Clifton Park congregation,Beth Shalom, broke ground for their new...
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Category: History
Colonie Chaabad lists upcoming course
ALBANY–Colonie Chabad has slated, “Colorful Profiles: Short Stories of Extraordinary Lives from Jewish History,” a four session course, beginning Tuesday, May 13. The first class is free to join and offers an in-person...
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Ancient stone capital depicting a menorah on display
The stone capital. The only one of its kind in the world. Photo courtesy of Arkady Ostrovsky,...
Read MoreNeed a miracle?
From our Chabad friends in Fla: Rabbi Dovid Vigler Finding G-d in the Miracles We Overlook So what will happen with Iran? Will President Trump allow them to maintain a nuclear project for “peaceful purposes,” or none at all? Can...
Read MoreA Holocaust child survivor united two families for three generations
By MARSHA HALPERT As we near Yom HaShoahm, Marsha Halpert of Albany and a 2nd generation survivor shared with us some thoughts about one child during the Shoah and how people can help each other. Yom HaShoah, Holocaust...
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Veterans, others to note the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp
Dachau Concentration Camp entrance on July 30, 2015. Photo courtesy of pxhidalgo. The region’s...
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SJCC to screen ‘Revenge: Our Dad the Nazi Killer;’ Prof. Stephen Berk to discuss film
Jack and Jon with their father Boris Green as shown in the documentary “Revenge: Our Dad the Nazi...
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Remembering ‘Blaustein of the Irish’ on Saint Patrick’s Day.
From left, Post 106 Commander Karl Auerbach, Past Post 106 Commander Gary Hoffmann, life member...
Read MoreHungary expected to announce embassy move to Jerusalem, withdraw from international court
JNS Hungary is expected to announce during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official state visit on Thursday, April 3, that it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court in The Hague and that it is moving...
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Coming together! Israel’s post-Oct. 7 civil defense revolution
Magen48 team training together with the IDF. Photo courtesy of Magen48 By STEVE LINDE JNS...
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Joy tempered with pain; Will the sound of the ‘grogger’ ring as loudly this Purim?
Illustration of a Purim grogger. Photo courtesy of Sophie Gordon/Flash90. “Be this the whetstone...
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On Purim, celebrate Jewish self-defense, not self-loathing!
Looking at the Scroll of Esther for the Jewish holiday of Purim in the northern Israeli city of...
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