Temple Beth El to offer course on Judaism for people of all religious backgrounds
GLENS FALLS–Beginning on March 12, Rebecca Charhon will teach an accessible, three session class,...
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Congregation Berith Sholom to host Founders’ Day service, dinner on March 27
Berith Sholom Reform Congregation where the annual Founders’ Day Shabbat Service will be held on...
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A Jewish day most Jews have never heard about; A Jewish burial practice
Tombstones in a Jewish cemetery. Photo courtesy of DominikRh/Pixabay. By YAEL DAVIDOWITZ JNS On...
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Disability Inclusion and Mental Health Awareness to be focus for Colonie Chabad Feb. 20, 21
ALEENA BUCHANAN ALBANY– In conjunction with Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month...
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SJCC Film Fest to focus on Orthodox LGBTQ+; With screening of ‘Pink Lady,’ discussion
A scene from the upcoming Schenectady Jewish Community Center (SJCC) Film Festival screening of...
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From boy to man?—Jewish lay leader impresses his congregants…
Curtis Green, left, and Asher Tomberg on Simchat Torah. By MARILYN SHAPIRO Services at...
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‘Captivating Cases in Rabbinic Responsa’ class to be offered by Chabad units
Colonie Chabad and Clifton Park Chabad will offer a new JLI course, “Captivating Cases in Rabbinic...
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‘Earliest known,’ $4 million kiddush cup sold to Ohio museum for four million dollars
Silver cup with Arabic and Hebrew inscriptions, engraved and inlaid with niello, 3.5 inches tall...
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The power of a billion prayers
Praying for success in the war against Hamas, for the return of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza...
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Finding comfort in signs from the other side
By MARILYN SHAPIRO I am not a fan of the supernatural. Except for “Ghost” (I love the chemistry...
Read MoreKieval Institute colloquium to review “Paul, Judaisms and Christianities”
The Hayyim and Esther Kieval Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies at Siena University will hold its annual colloquium on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m., in Key Auditorium/Roger Bacon 202, according to the new Institute director,...
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Three-volume Lisbon Mahzor reunited at National Library of Israel
Prayers for Rosh Hashanah from the section of the rare 15th-century Lisbon Mahzor now at the...
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