By Michael Orbach Issue of September 10, 2010/ 2 Tishrei 5771
As of Sunday, Rabbi Sholom Axelrod is officially the associate rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere.
“It’s definitely a …
Jewish rapper and influencer Noah Shufutinsky, who believes antisemitism is one of the oldest hatreds, was one of the many young people to appear in a new
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Thanks for the Memories and Melodies, Jay
This week, Beth Jacob Congregation in Beverly Hills announced that Jay Braun was stepping aside after 50 years as the synagogue’s official Torah reader to make room for the next generation of Torah readers.
Jay Braun. Credit: David Hanks, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
When Steven Spielberg recited the blessings over the Torah at his son Theo’s bar mitzvah, there was no need for the movie producer to audition a
Baal Koreh (Torah reader) to perform the task flawlessly. Next to him stood Jay Braun, perhaps the most accomplished and talented Torah reader in the country and beyond.
Local Rabbis Release Community Guidelines for Purim in New Letter
Last Purim, the world was going into lockdown. In Los Angeles and other Jewish communities around the globe, some shuls canceled Purim celebrations while others stayed open. Later on, we discovered that many holiday parties became superspreader events, leading to people contract COVID-19 and even pass away from the illness.
“Last Purim we were still so clueless about COVID, that although we told people they had the option not to attend Purim services, we did not cancel our Purim carnival kids program on Purim night after Megillah,” said Senior Rabbi of Beverly Hills Synagogue Pini Dunner. “It was only a few days later, when the first stories of serious illness and even deaths began to surface in New York and New Jersey, that we decided to shut our doors and close the shul indefinitely. Even then, we imagined it would only be for a few weeks or perhaps a couple of months. We would never have believed that a year