On Friday, MV Hebrew Center hosted about 200 people from different faiths for a special Shabbat service, focusing on the conflict in Israel and Palestine. Speakers gave speeches, led songs and poems, and invited attendees to follow along reading right to left in the siddur prayer book. “Welcome in Hebrew is ‘bruchim haba’im’, which means ‘blessed are […]
Much needed repairs to Aquinnah’s historic Community Baptist Church took place this week in the first of a multi-phase restoration project. The church’s new pastor Michael Gilman, an Aquinnah community member for more than 50 years, helmed the project alongside Gerry Locklear of the North Carolina-based Native Ministry, who enlisted a group of volunteer construction […]