Do national flags belong in our synagogues?[1] The Jewish people are familiar with the concept of a flag, whether it be the biblical tribes living in the wilderness (Numbers 2:2) or 17th-century Jews attending the Old New Synagogue (Altneuschul) in Prague.
Four Questions, four courses, four cups of … beer? At least 30 Stamford-area seder tables will be enhanced with chiddushim and divrei Torah this year, thanks to the annual Men s Seder, co-hosted by Congregation Agudath Sholom, the Young Israel of Stamford, and Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy.
It was only a year ago that Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy expanded its reach beyond the classroom with the launch of the Center for Community Education (CCE). Created as a vehicle to inspire thoughtful conversation related to the spectrum of important issues facing the Jewish community, CCE brings together local, national and international Jewish educators in an effort to establish Stamford as an educational center for Modern Orthodoxy.